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Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: Sign, "Direct flights now from Leipzig to Mallorca" [27/39]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

August 1 1990
Oschatz
Created By: Cordia Schlegelmilch

License: Not Creative Commons

Depicts

advertisement, helmet, journey, logo, motorbike, one person, shop, signboard

People/Organizations

International Red Cross

Places

Leipzig, Oschatz

Text in image

Neu / Jetzt direkt / ab Leipzig nach Mallorca / Neckermann macht's möglich

In der Zeit vom / 11.7.90 / 12.[...]90 / fliegt jeden Mittwoc[h] / Leipzig [...] Mallorca

Deutsches / Rotes Kreuz / Unfallmeldestelle

Zahntechnisches Labor / Siegfried Engel

Other 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.