The volume »Work, Economics and Politics« brings the series »GDR in Objects 1949–1990« to a close. Over 1,000 illustrations and selected objects from the GDR Museum’s collection offer a vivid insight into key aspects of everyday life in the GDR – from political power and the world of work to education and health.

A well-researched yet tangible insight into life in the GDR – for anyone who wishes to understand history through concrete objects.

Our collection

One of the core tasks of our museum is to collect and preserve GDR cultural artefacts. Our collection now comprises over 360,000 different objects, and new ones are added almost daily. Here you can book guided tours and depot visits, receive information on image and loan requests and find out how you can donate objects.

Mandate »Ball of the Builders of the Druzhba Pipeline«

This card is a mandate granting admission to the »Ball of the Builders of the Druzhba Pipeline«. The front features an attached photograph of the Palace of the Republic, with the word »Mandate« printed beside it.

The object documents the political and social recognition given to those who worked on the GDR youth project Druzhba Pipeline and reflects the representative function of the Palace of the Republic as a venue for official state ceremonies and events.

Date: 1978
Place: Berlin
Material: photographic paper, paper