Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: Clean-up operations before the airfield reopens [9/39]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
February 24 1990
Nordhausen, Am Flugplatz
Created By:
Archiv Karl-Heinz BosseLicense:
From the Set
Depicts
barbed wire fence,
border fence,
group of people,
man,
truck,
workersairfield,
celebration,
family,
hope,
inner German border,
leisure time,
plane,
sport,
teacher,
turning pointPlaces
Nordhausen (town)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.
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