Life behind the Iron Curtain

We take you through all the areas of day-to-day living of the German Democratic Republic and their citizens. You will be surprised by what our exhibition in Radebeul has to offer. With cultural activities and historical atmosphere we take you to a world, in which you will experience forgotten awareness of life of the past. The difference here comparing to every day life is so intense, you will not forget the “Ostalgie (eastern nostalgic) impressions” for some time.

The philosophy of the “DDR Museum Zeitreise” (German Democratic Republic museum time travel) it is, to represent matters with a partly political background, which is already subject to be taught, shown and discussed in history classes. It neither concerns the history of the German Democratic Republic described as many times before and its mechanisms of suppression, nor does it focus the time of the past called “Ostalgie”, but the perfectly normal every day life with its articles of daily use, institutions and their organizations, living, fashion, children, shopping, holidays and recreation, as well as the high topic mobility, are the subjects dealt with, here.

The property which was the former domicile of “VEB Kraftwerksanlagenbau” was rebuilt in socialistic industrial buildings style. The biggest museum-like permanent exhibition of life in the German Democratic Republic was ideally rounded and supplemented through an almost completely preserved architecture of a socialistic industrial building.

All things considered, a chance is given here to make an exhibition available to the public, which keeps life and the existential orientation in the German Democratic Republic alive to the posterity, rather than a showcase museum.