DDR-Guide
A companion to the permanent exhibition
3rd Edition
Published on 31. July 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-3-939801-20-7 (ISBN)
Description
Nestling behind the Iron Curtain, the 16 million inhabitants of the German Democratic Republic have come to be viewed as a care-worn people forced to make do and mend with only nude swimming and a special form of pickled gherkin to enliven a very drab life. What was life really like under Socialism? Was it all Stasi repression and shortages or a Socialist paradise of full employment and social security? Take a look »behind the wall« and find out for yourself. All our exhibits are waiting to be touched, used and experienced - start the Trabi, try on the clothes and reach inside the drawers and cupboards. This companion volume to the exhibition introduces readers to life as lived under German Socialism - 66 chapters telling a scintillating yet balanced story recreated by our inhouse experts.
More details
Edition
3. Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Children/juvenile
Second language teaching
Young adult
Adult education
Allgemein; Erwachsenenbildung; Fachpublikum/Wissenschaftler; Junge Erwachsene; Vor-, Grund- und weiterführende Schulen; Fachhochschul-/Hochschulausbildung; Kinder/Jugendliche
Illustrations
200
200 farbige Abbildungen
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-939801-20-7 (9783939801207)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Foreword 4
Overview | A State Comes and Goes 8
Everyday Life | A Day in the Life of Frau Müller 12
Border | The Wall 14
pubLic Life
Schwalbe | Retrospective Cult 20
Trabi | Cardboard Comrade 22
A Diary of Shortages | »No Cheese!!« 26
Consumption | Under the Counter 28
Consumption | Everyday Chaos 30
Consumption | Sold Out 32
Weekend Home | Garden Paradise 36
Products | Nationally-Owned Products 38
Work | The Honour of Working 40
Calculator | The School Pocket Calculator »SR1« 44
School | »Learn, Learn and Learn Again« 46
Kindergarten | Playing, Learning and Working 50
Sport | Olympics all the Year Round 54
Leisure Time | Adventure Holidays on Low Budget 58
Party and State
Bust of Lenin | The Man of Granite 64
Politics | Party and State 66
Ideology | Two Plus Two Makes Five 70
Printing Press | David and Goliath 74
Church | »A Mighty Fortress is Our God« 76
Opposition | Walking Tall 78
Elections | Going Folding 82
Bloc Parties | Playing at Parliament 84
Mass Organizations | From the »I« to the »We« 86
1 Mbit Chip | Honecker's Path to Glory 88
Economy | A Planned Economy Without a Plan 90
Environment | Bitter News from Bitterfeld 94
Agriculture | Junker Land in Farmer's Hand 96
Volvo | Scandinavian Comfort 98
Wandlitz | Golden Chains 100
Kalashnikov | The Soldier's Bride 102
Brother States | »Soviet Soldiers, We Thank You!« 104
Military | The Armed Peace 106
Stasi | The Impotence of the Mighty 110
Interrogation | Good Cop, Bad Cop 114
Prison | »Off to Bautzen!« 116
Western Visitors | East Meets West 120
Exit Permit | Turn Off the Lights 124
Life in a tower block
Operating Manual | Congratulations! 128
Living | Accommodation in the DDR 130
Construction | »A Home for All« 134
Storage Unit | An Elm-Wood Diamond 138
Party | Celebrating Socialist Style 140
Reading | Bookworms Under Censorship 144
Monopoly | More than Just a Game 146
Television | Watching the Class Enemy 148
Tempo Peas | Tempo in the Kitchen 152
Equal Rights | Let Mutti Have a Go! 154
Food | A Life Between Shortage and Gluttony 158
Health | Health for All! 160
The Overall | For Job and Household 162
Fashion | Sibylle's Promise 164
Love and Marriage | Love, Sex and a Marriage Loan 168
Pittiplatsch | The TV Goblin 170
Children's Books | The Imagination Knows no Bounds 172
Youth | The Youthful State 174
»SKR 700« | Listening to the West 176
Music | Beat Music by Committee 178
Coming of Age | The Path of Life 180
Hand Drill | A Drill for All Seasons 182
Garage | A Hobbyist's Paradise 184
End and New beginning
Autumn 1989 | Reunification and »Wende« 188
Mural | In Praise of Communism 190
Chronology 192
Bibliography and Photo Credits 198
Overview | A State Comes and Goes 8
Everyday Life | A Day in the Life of Frau Müller 12
Border | The Wall 14
pubLic Life
Schwalbe | Retrospective Cult 20
Trabi | Cardboard Comrade 22
A Diary of Shortages | »No Cheese!!« 26
Consumption | Under the Counter 28
Consumption | Everyday Chaos 30
Consumption | Sold Out 32
Weekend Home | Garden Paradise 36
Products | Nationally-Owned Products 38
Work | The Honour of Working 40
Calculator | The School Pocket Calculator »SR1« 44
School | »Learn, Learn and Learn Again« 46
Kindergarten | Playing, Learning and Working 50
Sport | Olympics all the Year Round 54
Leisure Time | Adventure Holidays on Low Budget 58
Party and State
Bust of Lenin | The Man of Granite 64
Politics | Party and State 66
Ideology | Two Plus Two Makes Five 70
Printing Press | David and Goliath 74
Church | »A Mighty Fortress is Our God« 76
Opposition | Walking Tall 78
Elections | Going Folding 82
Bloc Parties | Playing at Parliament 84
Mass Organizations | From the »I« to the »We« 86
1 Mbit Chip | Honecker's Path to Glory 88
Economy | A Planned Economy Without a Plan 90
Environment | Bitter News from Bitterfeld 94
Agriculture | Junker Land in Farmer's Hand 96
Volvo | Scandinavian Comfort 98
Wandlitz | Golden Chains 100
Kalashnikov | The Soldier's Bride 102
Brother States | »Soviet Soldiers, We Thank You!« 104
Military | The Armed Peace 106
Stasi | The Impotence of the Mighty 110
Interrogation | Good Cop, Bad Cop 114
Prison | »Off to Bautzen!« 116
Western Visitors | East Meets West 120
Exit Permit | Turn Off the Lights 124
Life in a tower block
Operating Manual | Congratulations! 128
Living | Accommodation in the DDR 130
Construction | »A Home for All« 134
Storage Unit | An Elm-Wood Diamond 138
Party | Celebrating Socialist Style 140
Reading | Bookworms Under Censorship 144
Monopoly | More than Just a Game 146
Television | Watching the Class Enemy 148
Tempo Peas | Tempo in the Kitchen 152
Equal Rights | Let Mutti Have a Go! 154
Food | A Life Between Shortage and Gluttony 158
Health | Health for All! 160
The Overall | For Job and Household 162
Fashion | Sibylle's Promise 164
Love and Marriage | Love, Sex and a Marriage Loan 168
Pittiplatsch | The TV Goblin 170
Children's Books | The Imagination Knows no Bounds 172
Youth | The Youthful State 174
»SKR 700« | Listening to the West 176
Music | Beat Music by Committee 178
Coming of Age | The Path of Life 180
Hand Drill | A Drill for All Seasons 182
Garage | A Hobbyist's Paradise 184
End and New beginning
Autumn 1989 | Reunification and »Wende« 188
Mural | In Praise of Communism 190
Chronology 192
Bibliography and Photo Credits 198