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euromaxx # series: 60 Years in Germany - 1980s Stars & Idols # 09.05.2009

Janine RabeMay 10, 2009

In this week of our ongoing series, "60 Years in Germany," we go back to the 1980s and in part six we remember the decade's stars and idols. German tennis champs Boris Becker and Steffi Graf unleashed a tennis craze in the country, and East German ice skater Katarina Witt became an international star after the 1984 Olympics. German films and art also began to draw greater international acclaim.

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