Exhibition theme: A Semblance of Normalcy: GST army camp [9/19]
OBJECT INFORMATION
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July 1989
Storkow (Mark)
Created By:
Christer MarkgrafLicense:
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Three young men playing cards during a break at a GST (Society for Sport and Technology) army camp (translated and retrieved from
Wikipedia-Artikel, on July 6, 2009), an East German paramilitary youth organization that carried out government-mandated early military training in cooperation with the NVA (National People's Army)
Depicts
group of people,
man,
pavement,
youtharmy,
education,
gun,
school,
sport,
vocational education,
youth,
youth organisationPeople/Organizations
Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik,
National People's ArmyPlaces
Storkow (Mark)Other 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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