Merry Christmas with the newsletter from the DDR Museum 🎄

✨ New Christmas episode "Ask Dr. Wolle" ✨ Blog "10 typical Christmas objects" ✨ Christmas gifts ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Click here to see the web version. ­ ­ ­ ­ «When the lights are lit Joy moves into every room Christmas joy is proclaimed Under every tree of lights Shine light with bright glow Everywhere, everywhere shall be joy...« Dear readers, With the first verses of the song »Weihnachtsfreude« (Christmas Joy), one of the best-known Christmas songs of the GDR, we would like to evoke memories of the Christmas season in the GDR and invite you to visit the DDR Museum. With cloudy skies and a pleasant -1°C, it is just the right moment to immerse yourself in the interactive everyday life of the GDR with all your children after or before the Christmas market. We hope you enjoy our newsletter, wish you an enchanting Christmas season and a great New Year! The team of the DDR Museum ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ 10 Objects for Christmas in the GDR | Blog ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Christmas Eve and Christmas as Christian holidays were not wanted in the socialism of the GDR. Religious holidays simply did not fit into the workers' and farmers' state. The birth of Jesus Christ was not to be celebrated, but a secularly reinterpreted »festival of peace«. For the population, however, the Christmas holidays were important holidays even in the GDR. Children learned Christmas carols in kindergarten or school, Christmas decorations were made, there were school holidays, Christmas parties were held in companies and there was also a Christmas programme on television. In the followingblog post, we have collected ten objects from our collection that represent a typical Christmas day in the GDR. Have fun remembering! ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ New episode of »Ask Dr. Wolle« ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ In the new episode of our series »Ask Dr. Wolle«, the scientific director of the DDR Museum talks about Christmas in the GDR. Enjoy watching! ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Our gift tip for Christmas Set of books »GDR in objects« Volume 1 + 2 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ For €79,00 instead of €98,00, the first two illustrated books of the trilogy »GDR in Objects« can now be purchased online here or in the museum shop. They show selected objects from the collection of the DDR Museum from four decades of GDR history. Volume 1 presents objects from the German Democratic Republic on the themes of everyday life, home and consumption. Volume 2 is dedicated to the themes of leisure, culture and travel. In the collection volumes, authors Dr. Stefan Wolle and Quirin Graf Adelmann v. A. provide entertaining and informative insights into everyday life as well as the economic and product history of this past state. Have fun browsing! ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Opening hours December 2022 ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ On 24 (Christmas Eve) and 31 (New Year's Eve) December, the DDR Museum closes at 4 pm. On all other days, including the Christmas holidays, the exhibition can be visited as usual between 9 am and 9 pm. We recommend buying an online ticketin advance. Of course, tickets can also be purchased at the DDR Museum ticket office at any time. ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Do you like the DDR Museum? ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Then we would be delighted if you left us a review on Tripadvisor. You can also send us criticism or comments directly by email. ­ ­ ­ ­ Rate on Tripadvisor now ­ ­ ­ ­ Thank you for your support! ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ Imprint: DDR Museum Berlin GmbH Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1 10178 Berlin Log out ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­