That Was GDR, part 1: I Was a Citizen of the GDR
General Information
- Original Title
- Das war die DDR, Teil 1: Ich war Bürger der DDR
- Author/Creator
- Nickel, Gitta, director.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Germany, 1993.
- Physical Description
- VHS (90 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00002097
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- This television documentary series offers the most comprehensive visual account of the 40-year history of a separate East Germany. The series covers all the important cultural, economic and political developments, from the founding of the GDR to the popular upheavals that finally brought the Berlin Wall down. Part 1: In this simple phrase, "I was a citizen of the GDR," lie countless individual life stories. Former citizens of the German Democratic Republic tell of their personal feelings, experiences and attitudes toward the GDR as well as both material difficulties and the dominance of the State. They reflect on important, painful and contradictory historical events such as the uprising on the 17th of June 1953, the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall and the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968. They also convey the sense of the hopes pinned on Mikhail Gorbachev's Perestroika. A historical collage in the form of stories told by East Germans both prominent and unknown.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- That Was GDR, part 1: I Was a Citizen of the GDR
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VHS | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0314 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0314 (HU_OSA_00002097.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |