Exhibition theme: A Semblance of Normalcy: Local election day in East Germany [16/19]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
May 7 1989
Leipzig
Created By:
Roland Quester, Quelle: BStULicense:
From the Set
Depicts
advertising column,
car,
child,
group of people,
police,
vehiclearrest,
camera,
fair,
local election,
protest,
surveillancePeople/Organizations
Ministry for State Security,
People's PolicePlaces
LeipzigOther 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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