A Short Audio-Visual History Of The GDR
Heute bei WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Die Geschichte der DDR in 14 MP3s and 3 videos:
Before I start with the real post, let me first say that I wish that Dance Dance Revolution and Double Density RAM had never existed.
It is a well-known but yet unexplained fact that all important events in history happen in the fall. Case in point is the German Democratic Republic (GDR), founded in October 1949 (a few days after the People's Republic of China), and dissolved in October 1990, right before its 41st anniversary. It was a short-lived experiment in mixing socialism, funny dialects, and a special German brand of anal retentiveness. Looking at the cultural and artistic output, I can only say that it was very successful. Put down your coffee and enjoy some of the aural and visual marvels of East Germany.
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"Stalin, Freund, Genosse"
"Die Partei hat immer recht"
an IFA Wartburg song
one commercial for the legendary Trabant car
Intro an Outro
u.v.m.
Sehr empfehlenswert für Freunde der Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes.
Update:
Das gibt es auch für die UdSSR - nur schöner und ausführlicher: Mit Hunderten von Liedern, Reden, Plakaten ...
Z. B. Stalins Rede zum Sieg über Deutschland vom 9. Mai 1945 als MP3-Download.
Oder die TOP 20: These soviet songs are the most popular within the working people ...
This site only serves as a reminder of a past epoch, of a country, which independently and heroically attempted to build a "bright future".
Before I start with the real post, let me first say that I wish that Dance Dance Revolution and Double Density RAM had never existed.It is a well-known but yet unexplained fact that all important events in history happen in the fall. Case in point is the German Democratic Republic (GDR), founded in October 1949 (a few days after the People's Republic of China), and dissolved in October 1990, right before its 41st anniversary. It was a short-lived experiment in mixing socialism, funny dialects, and a special German brand of anal retentiveness. Looking at the cultural and artistic output, I can only say that it was very successful. Put down your coffee and enjoy some of the aural and visual marvels of East Germany.
...
"Stalin, Freund, Genosse"
"Die Partei hat immer recht"
an IFA Wartburg song
one commercial for the legendary Trabant car
Intro an Outro
u.v.m.
Sehr empfehlenswert für Freunde der Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung des kulturellen Erbes.
Update:
Das gibt es auch für die UdSSR - nur schöner und ausführlicher: Mit Hunderten von Liedern, Reden, Plakaten ...Z. B. Stalins Rede zum Sieg über Deutschland vom 9. Mai 1945 als MP3-Download.
Oder die TOP 20: These soviet songs are the most popular within the working people ...
This site only serves as a reminder of a past epoch, of a country, which independently and heroically attempted to build a "bright future".
gebattmer - 2006/02/19 22:08
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