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Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: Shelves being stocked with Western goods [16/39]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

July 1 1990
Leinefelde, now Leinefelde-Worbis
Created By: Bernd Schmidt

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

"Prosperity for All", Obereichsfeld, July 1990

From the Set

Economic Change

Salespeople stock shelves with new items in a supermarket in the Leinefelde city center on July 1, 1990 - the day of monetary, economic and social union between Germany and the GDR

Depicts

group of people, logo, plant, supermarket, woman

Context

consumption, economic policy, merchandize, monetary union, sorrow

Places

Leinefelde-Worbis

Text in image

Milky Way / Mini / 30*1 (250g)

Bou[nty] / Snicke[rs]

Fritt [2x]

Riesen

Family pack [2x]

Katjes [6x]

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.