Everyday Life in the GDR
Everyday Life in the GDR
Everyday Life in the GDR
Everyday Life in the GDR
Everyday Life in the GDR
Everyday Life in the GDR
Everyday Life in the GDR

Everyday Life in the GDR

The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist on 3 October 1990 at 0 o'clock. It was neither democratic nor was it a republic. It was a dictatorship in which there are no free elections, no separation of powers and no freedom of movement. Millions of Germans live in the GDR for 40 years. It is a state in which a roll costs 5 pfennig for 40 years, but bananas are in short supply. A state that builds the highest TV tower in Germany, but not enough apartments for everybody. Who makes the most beautiful fairy tale films, but expatriates critical artists.

The permanent exhibition Everyday Life in the GDR shows the life of the East Germans in the 1970s and 1980s at work, in public and in private. It shows how the SED regime shapes everyday life, how people deal with shortages and limitations and where they find freedom.

The individual theme rooms shows original objects that blend into everyday scenes. You can sit in a restaurant, in a living room or at a workbench and learn more about leisure and improvisation, housing or working life in the GDR. Everyday items are complemented by historical documents, eyewitness accounts and contemporary footage to look at GDR everyday life from multiple angles.

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