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Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: Bündnis 90 posters [5/39]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

January 1 - March 31 1990
Berlin and vicinity
Created By: Ralf Skiba

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

The First Free Elections to the Volkskammer, in the Outskirts of Berlin, January to March 1990

"Mit uns fing es an!" ("It all started with us!"). A wall with election posters for Bündnis 90 (Alliance 90), an alliance of the citizens' movements: Neues Forum, Demokratie Jetzt and the Initiative Freiheit und Menschenrechte.

Depicts

election poster, logo, motto

Context

election campaign, Volkskammer election

People/Organizations

Alliance 90

Places

Other places (Berlin)

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.