The Times published an interesting and informative article about a very well known symbol of the GDR: The "Ampelmännchen". This little green man is a traffic light symbol, which was common in the GDR and "survived" the reunification. You do not understand, why the "Ampelmännchen" is so special? You like to know, how he survived?! You will find the answers here!

Yesterday's evening was characterized bay the famous and popular Sandmann. Dr. Volker Petzold. Author of the book „The big East-West Sandman encyclopedia" (German edition), abducted the audience into the world of the "phenomenon sandman" and he described the background and history of this "interesting, media-historical character".

History never is one-sided, but complex. Many occurrences are mutually
dependend, cohere with each other or have unexpected effects at the second glance. In the year of the 20th jubilee of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the focus in the media lies on our own remembrance; the German history. It's the same with me. I remember my childhood on the west-side of the Wall, the fall of the Wall, the euphoria of the people and roofs and bonnets of the Trabis on which my father clocked on at the checkpoint at Schönefeld airport.
But also these happy days have a prehistory, which is in this case
chracterized by much sorrow. It goes back to the year when, on 1st

The GDR-Game was published in 2007 and since then, the DDR Museum sold thousands of it. Most people play it with their family to learn something about the GDR, but it is also a very nice game for your next birthday party.