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In the novel “Moskauer Eis” (“Moscow Ice“) Annett Gröschner describes everyday hardships of life in the new reality after the reunification of Germany. The memories of the narrator Annja, however, also show the picture of the past times of the GDR. Thanks to the clearly emphasized fictionality of the depicted historical events and to the elaborate narration technique, as well as owing to the comical-distanced style and salient presence of metaphors, the message of novel is that any historical accounts are in fact literary fiction. The author of the novel does not, however, treat the look back into the past times of the GDR as anachronism. On the one hand namely what the novel in question shows is that memories play an important role the construction of one’s own identity; on the other hand presenting a critical picture of the GDR can contribute to better mutual understanding and communication between the people who in the past lived at both sides of the Berlin Wall.