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Well that explains it...
These are from Berlin's (relatively) new DDR Museum. For the most part (thanks to being encouraged to give it a try from BerlinBites), it's a very nice museum-lette, though I would say that one does get the feeling that the writers of the explanatory texts felt like they were playing to two crowds.
This little detail sent me for a loop, though...why would a detail like this get attention? Seriously?
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omg! i've always wanted to try that! ;-)
Posted by: James Bilodeau | 04 January 2007 at 07:51
Clearly you haven't come to terms with the German obsession with excrement yet!
Posted by: Ed Ward | 04 January 2007 at 14:58
or how about those German toilets with the
little shelf so you can inspect your poo before you flush it?
Posted by: fritz | 04 January 2007 at 18:09
I guess Disneyland is closer to reality than this self proclaimed museum. Or as we say in Germany "das Ding ist ein Griff ins Klo". Anyone interested in DDR-History should visit different places, read some books, or much better ask some East Germans.
Posted by: ber | 14 January 2007 at 17:46
amen, brother ber. better take in what you can before it's all erased ("Better for the Environment! Better for Berlin!", as the signs near the almost-completely-dismantled Palast der Republik read. And, any recommendation for books would be highly appreciated on my part (English preferred). By the way, thank you for teaching me the idiom; i love it.
Posted by: lou | 14 January 2007 at 19:40
Hmm, I don't know about english books but here some books about the DDR I can recommend:
"Durchgangszimmer Prenzlauer Berg" B. Felsmann, A. Gröschner
"Die Abrechnung" I. Hasselbach
"Tarzan am Prenzlauer Berg" A. Endler
"Feeling B - Mix mir einen Drink" R. Galenza, H. Havemeister
"Die heile Welt der Diktatur" S. Wolle
Posted by: ber | 27 January 2007 at 20:43