Children's Day is celebrated in the republic from 1950, with marches and slogans. While ten-year-olds sing the song about the little white dove of peace at school in the morning, there are colorful children's parties in the afternoon.
Today they are mostly over 60 and look back on a childhood that left a lasting impression on them. Whether they were neglected and beaten or brought up in a strict manner: today, in old age, everyone feels what has remained of that time.
For most people in the former mining regions in Saxony and Thuringia, Wismut has long been history. But for research, the uranium ore mining from the years 1946-1990 is still a treasure trove.
The construction of the Berlin Wall was a cut that divided the lives of millions of people. That still has an effect today - and even if you don't expect it: sometimes positive.
The terrorist attacks - they were thousands of kilometers away and yet they shook our country and our lives so much that we will not forget this day. What were the consequences for our country?
It has been more than 50 years since the then largest natural gas pipeline in the world was built, also known as the Druzhba route. At that time, Western Europe supplied pipes and gave loans, while the East built.
There were certainly mineral resources in the territory of the GDR. The only thing missing was the respective quantity. For most deposits, mining was hardly worthwhile or not at all.
