This is where the team from the DDR Museum stores approximately 360,000 artefacts from the state once known as the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany.
Above cross-sections of armoured personnel carriers, repurposed into an art installation reminiscent of those erected by the Mutoid Waste Company and others in no man’s land in the early 1990s.
Scandinavian furniture manufactured in the DDR in the 1970s.
Petrol pumps preserved for posterity.
Who is the chap in the large frame? Learn all about one of the most important politicians in the DDR, Herr Willi Stoff.
A restored room featuring furniture from the DDR elite, aptly named “Klub der Funktionäre.” Each cabinet contains items from everyday life in the DDR, including replica grenades used in school sports—Granatwerfen!
There were not many cars in the DDR, but plenty of motorbikes and mopeds. Those still in working order enjoy cult status among fans of “Ostalgie.”
The waiting time for one of these was approximately three years and it cost around six months’ wages.
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