Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: A CDU campaign truck on the day of the first democratic elections in the GDR [13/39]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
March 18 1990
Heiligenstadt, near city council, today town hall
Created By:
Bernd SchmidtLicense:
From the Set
From the Set
Depicts
billboard,
damaged poster,
dustbin,
election poster,
inn,
logo,
man,
national colours,
one person,
photography,
portrait,
poster pasted over,
quotation,
truck,
We are one people!hope,
inner German border,
religion,
Volkskammer election,
wealthPeople/Organizations
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (GDR),
Democratic Beginning,
Kohl, Helmut Josef Michael,
Lothar de MaizièreOther items in this set
Shortly after the border was opened, changes were pushed through in the GDR. The most conspicuous came about during the campaign for the Volkskammer election in March 1990, when countless election posters, often with commentaries, became a popular motif for photographers. Important, too, was the presence of leading West German politicians at election meetings in all of the larger towns in East Germany – not to mention the elections themselves. The currency union, which came about on 1 July 1990, put Western goods in shops at standard prices. This was a first step in bringing the East closer to the West.
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