Exhibition theme: A Semblance of Normalcy: Outside a tavern at Lake Balaton [12/19]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
June 1989
Hungary, Tihany
Created By:
Renate BörnerLicense:
From the Set
From the Set
Depicts
group of people,
inn,
signboardcar,
fall of the Berlin Wall,
family,
freedom,
home,
inner German border,
island,
isolating equipment,
journey,
joy,
leave,
surveillance,
wave of refugeesPeople/Organizations
Ministry for State SecurityPlaces
Lake BalatonOther 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.
Original Caption
"The four of us after a lovely meal at that restaurant"
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