| Author: | ISBN: | 9783939801245 | |
| Publisher: | DDR Museum Verlag GmbH | Publication: | May 25, 2018 |
| Imprint: | DDR Museum Verlag GmbH | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9783939801245 |
| Publisher: | DDR Museum Verlag GmbH |
| Publication: | May 25, 2018 |
| Imprint: | DDR Museum Verlag GmbH |
| Language: | English |
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 is all Stasi repression and shortages or a Socialist paradise of full employment and social security? 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 inhouse experts of the DDR Museum.
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 is all Stasi repression and shortages or a Socialist paradise of full employment and social security? 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 inhouse experts of the DDR Museum.
