The first two illustrated books in the trilogy "GDR in Objects" show selected objects from the collection of the DDR Museum from four decades of GDR history. Volume 1 presents 1,200 objects from the German Democratic Republic on 400 pages related to the themes of everyday life, home and consumption. Volume 2 also includes over 1,000 objects from the German Democratic Republic centered on the themes of leisure, culture and travelling. In the collection volumes, the authors Dr. Stefan Wolle and Quirin Graf Adelmann v. A. provide entertaining and informative insights into everyday life as well as the economic and product history of this former state. In the first volume, 35 objects, and in the second volume 34 objects, are highlighted on their own double pages due to their special significance and exciting history. All the objects in the illustrated books come from the collection of the DDR Museum, which boasts the world's largest museum collection on the subject with over 300,000 artefacts. The illustrated books were curated by the museum's collection experts.
DDR Museum Publishing House
Photos: Thorsten Heideck
Photobook/Non-fiction book
24.6 x 34.5 cm | 402 Pages | Colored throughout
ISBN: 978-3-93-980146-7, ISBN: 978-3-93-980148-1