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Exhibition theme: Encounters and Explorations: East and West German cars parked outside the town hall [24/65]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

July 3 1990
Rostock, near the town hall
Created By: Ulrich Schocke

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

A daytrip on the other side of the border, Wismar, 3 July 1990

Depicts

car, group of people, label, Lada (car), market place, Mercedes-Benz, rain, shop

Context

boat, curiosity, holiday, inn, monetary union, queue, Trabant (car)

Places

Rostock, Schwerin, Warnemünde, Wismar

Text in image

Taback-Eck

Other items in this set

Freedom of travel made it possible for people to spontaneously visit friends and family together. These visits were captured on film, too. Many took advantage of the opportunity to explore the unknown country in the West or the East. Curiosity was not limited to sightseeing. There was also a great interest in people living in the other part of Germany, and in creating a sense of community. Partnerships between towns and cities were established and revived, and associations in both East and West organized meetings. Many longstanding friendships were formed in this period when curiosity was such a potent force.