Following completion of her studies in 1982 Erika Berger began working for the Neubrandenburg Literary Center, the official institution of the Neubrandenburg District Council, responsible for the promotion of regional authors as well as maintaining the regional literary legacy. In 2005, she took over both the management of the Center as well as that of the Brigitte-Reimann-House of Literature. Her relationship to the GDR is described by Erika Becker as "critical yet loyal".