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The First Free Elections to the Volkskammer, in the Outskirts of Berlin, January to March 1990: PDS showcase "Metamorphosis" [56/207]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

January 1 - March 31 1990
Hohen Neuendorf
Created By: Ralf Skiba

License: Creative Commons License

Upper left detail of a PDS display case featuring a caricature, announcements and campaign goals

Depicts

graphic art, handmade medium, marcher, notice (announcement), protest sign, satire, showcase, We are the people!

Context

election campaign, Volkskammer election

People/Organizations

Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)

Places

Hohen Neuendorf

Text in image

Metamorphose / des / aufrechten / Gangs / manch / eines / Mitbürgers...

Wir sind das Volk

Die PDS und alle Interessenten / treffen sich am Sonntag, dem 11.2.1990, / um 10.00 Uhr am Tunneleingang Ruhwald- / straße zum Säubern des Tunnels

Deutschland einig Vaterland - unter Verzicht auf die eigene Souveränität??? / - Was wird aus unseren Wohnungen, Grundstücken, Eigenheimen und / Datschen? / - Was wird aus unseren Kindern, der 100%en Versorgung mit Kin- / dergarten[...]

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Memory

"I was born in Berlin and watched the Wall being built from my classroom in the district of Wedding. I found it quite remarkable that the GDR, the German 'Democratic!' Republic, held its first democratic elections on 18 March 1990 only to dissolve itself shortly afterwards. In the run-up to the election, I spent nearly every weekend from January to March 1990 touring the area around Berlin with my family, and taking photographs of the election campaign, posters, and everything else that had to do with the elections."

Ralf Skiba (West Berlin)