Exhibition theme: A Semblance of Normalcy: Forefront of the FDJ torchlight procession [4/19]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
October 6 1989
Berlin, Unter den Linden, Deutsches Historisches Museum
Created By:
Merit SchambachLicense:
From the Set
Participants with flags and flaming torches at a FDJ (Free German Youth) torchlight procession to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the GDR
Depicts
banderole,
banner (flag),
crowd,
flaming torch,
logo,
night,
pennant,
torchlight processionambulance man,
aversion,
October 7, 1989,
photographer,
political party,
schoolPeople/Organizations
Free German YouthPlaces
German Historical Museum,
Unter den LindenOther items in this set
Many people who experienced the final summer of SED rule in East Germany recall how fragile reality seemed at the time. The incongruity between the way normal citizens experienced reality and the way it was perceived by GDR leaders was all too apparent. People were increasingly articulating this discrepancy. Minor concessions, as in the case of travel, for instance, were intended to improve the mood within the population. Rising protest against living conditions continued to be nipped in the bud. That summer nobody could have imagined that the dream of freedom would soon be reality.
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