Exhibition theme: German Unification: At a polling place [14/21]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
December 2 1990
Berlin-Pankow
Created By:
Christer MarkgrafLicense:
From the Set
A man casts his vote in the Bundestag elections on December 2, 1990, the first pan-German election after the German reunification
Depicts
ballot box,
Bundestag election,
election worker,
German flag,
photography,
polling station,
two persons,
woman and manelectoral fraud,
local election,
pupil,
school,
teacherPeople/Organizations
Federal Diet (Germany),
People's ChamberPlaces
Other places (Berlin)Other items in this set
On 3 October 1990, when the GDR came under the Basic Law of the Federal Republic, people had almost become used to the idea that the two German states were one. Or, at least, it appears to be this way when we see the many small celebrations held at new border crossings opened in winter 1989/1990 and spring 1990. In retrospect, they appear far more euphoric than the official celebration of German Unity. By autumn 1990, the worries of everyday life had caught up with people again. Hence, in their minds the weeks immediately following 9 November 1989 would remain unrivalled as the most joyous period of celebration.
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