Multitouch Party Conference

Standing in the centre of the GDR system was the omnipresent and omniscient party. Although there were a number of political parties in the GDR, it is clear that the Party can only mean the Socialist Unity Party. The locus of all power, it always implemented its will.

In the second half of the exhibition, the SED is symbolized by a party conference. Working from this position, the Party controlled the various instruments of power (the first half of the exhibition) which kept it in its dominant position; this is then followed by an examination of its various activities and fields of operation.