Communism Never Looked So Groovy
Advertisement for soda,Drink Margon.December 1960, Gossel-Gesundbrunnen KG. (9 x 6 1/2 in.)
The Wende Museum Wendeis the German word for turning point,and is often used to refer to the collapse of communist East Germany in 1989, and the resulting reunification of a German state. It has also come to represent the end of the Soviet communist era and the beginning of a thrilling new epoch of political and cultural transformation.The Wende Museumwas created in the hopes of continuing this spirit via careful preservation and education.
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Advertisement for shopping center,Looking Forward to a Carefree Fall with Good Shopping at the HO Stalinallee.September 1955, Berlin. (9 x 61/2 in.)
The Museum (and Archive of the Cold War), founded by Los Angeles native and scholar of modern European History JustinJampol, had its genesis as a passion project. While in Europe on research in the 90s, Jampol began to collect Soviet paraphernaliawhich hed come across in various states of neglect and destruction. After enormous support and global contributions, his personal archives quickly blossomed into a full-scale institutionand one of the largest collections of Sovietrelics located outside the former Eastern Bloc.
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Advertisement forfan,Swing In and Around the Hair.1973, VEB Friseurchemie. (12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
The Museum's current collection includes over 100,000 artifacts, and has been the subject of much international interest.
I was supposed to have a quiet life as a professor,Jampol jokes, the historians resume now including author, museum founder, curator, and filmmaker.
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Communism Never Looked So Groovy