Little Brother, big brother – The GDR and the Soviet Union
Without the Soviet Union and its victory over Hitler's Germany, there would have been no GDR. But how much room for manoeuvre did the SED leadership have vis-à-vis Moscow, and how strong was the dependence on Soviet gas and oil? What role did encounters with people, books and films from the multi-ethnic Soviet Union play? Didn't the USSR also provide impulses for the GDR – in space travel, in sport and, since 1985, in the politics of perestroika? All of these questions are addressed in the special exhibition, which was developed jointly by the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst and the DDR Museum.
Introduction
Sören Marotz
Exhibition Director DDR Museum, Berlin
Lecture
Dr. Jörg Morré
Director Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Berlin
