Life in Cold War East Germany Photography Exhibition (36)

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Ian Sanders

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🗓️ 18 November 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Today we visit the Totally East: Life in East Germany Photography Exhibition. Run-down façades, punks and ordinary workers: This exhibition shows the works of Harald Hauswald, who documented everyday life in the GDR. I walk through the exhibition with Dr Richard Millington who you will remember from our episode on the 1953 East German Uprising. Richard has brought the exhibition to Chester and as we walk round we discuss the photos and have a wide ranging conversation about life in East Germany. After our chat there’s some interviews with exhibition visitors who reminisce about the GDR and comment on the exhibition. We also chat with a couple of Cold War Conversations Podcast listeners who came along too. I hope you enjoy! Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.9	It was a society like any other society, but also it was a society like no other society.
0:38.7	It's this inherent contradiction in East Germany that is, I think, that a lot of people find fascinating.
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1:13.4	Today we visit the Totally East Life in East Germany Photography Exhibition, Rundown Fassards, Punks and Ordinary Workers.
1:23.8	This exhibition shows the works of Harold Hausfeld, who documented everyday life in the GDR.
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2:11.6	So back to today's episode, I walk through the exhibition with Dr Richard Millington, who you will remember from
2:19.7	our episode on the 1953 East German Uprising. Richard has brought the exhibition to Chester
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