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The SED emblem at the House at Werderschen Markt

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

December 1 1989 - January 31 1990
Berlin, Werderscher Markt
Created By: Dagmar Lipper

License: Creative Commons License

Former building of the SED Central Committee with a party symbol on the front facade; built in 1940 as the new Reichsbank (central bank of Germany), the "great edifice" became the seat of the Central Committee of the SED between 1959-1990. The building has housed the central administration of the German Federal Foreign Office since 1999.

Depicts

building, logo

People/Organizations

Socialist Unity Party of Germany

Places

Other places (Berlin)

Text in image

Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands

Related

Original Caption

"It was still up on 14 January 1990, but gone two days later."