DDR Museum
The DDR Museum is a museum is located in the former governmental district of East Germany, on the river Spree, opposite the Berlin Cathedral. Its exhibition depicts life in former East Germany, known in German as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR. The exhibition has three themed areas: “Public Life”; “State and Ideology” and “Life in a Tower Block”. The exhibits presented life under the DDR and explore the themes of: media, literature, music, culture, family, health, equality, diet, childhood, youth, partnership, fashion, border, education, work, consumption, construction, living, free time, vacation, environment, party, Ministry for State Security, economy, state, ideology, army, brother states, wall, opposition, penal system and authority.
Highlights of the DDR Museum
- Covert listening devices or “bugs”
- Recreated WBS 70 tower block flat with five rooms
- East German Cinema
- DDR Prison cell
- DDR Surveillance room
- DDR Interrogation room
- East German Nursery
DDR Museum
- Museum: DDR Museum
- City: Berlin
- Country: Germany
- Opened: 2006,
- Type: History Museums
- Location: Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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-Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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