A gallery of images from the Museum of Post-War German History in Bonn.
Lots of pictures. A sobering place.
Some toys too! More to follow.
In the shop first...
The time capsule ... To be opened in 44 years according to the counter.
World Trade Center girder. There were Germans who died there too.
Helpful bot. It's brothers called ... Paul!
Actual Persching silo door
The anti military toy movement.
East German surveillance
East German home made monopoly. The black sign says No Goods Today.
Anti robotic machinery movement
Lenticular postcard
Space stuff
More space stuff
German rocketry
Cosmonaut
GAMA moon buggy
East Berlin clockwork powered by a Trabant motor 1969
It's model
East Berlin with it's TV tower. Model.
Beatlemania
West Germany presented this motorbike to it's one millionth foreign worker.
Elvis in Germany!
The Berlin wall goes up. Tears.
Sandmannchen
East German obsession with the Soviet Sputnik.
Sanndmanchen
This was the Western machine that first heard Soviet satellite signals.
Original PEZ
The Japanese tin Frontier Rocket, which like countless thousands across Europe, I adored as a kid. I've still got one! Have you?
JFK's presidential Mayor of Berlin Banquet Menu, 26th June 1963
What do you think?
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Fish cocktail, toast, butter
1961 wine
Filet of Beef, asparagus tips, steamed peppers, royal potatoes, lettuce heart
1959 wines
Ice cream,
Fancies
Champagne
Mocha
Editing larger posts is proving difficult on my mobile esp. where there's lots of photos like this. Blogger is quite clumsy whilst on the move and I apologise for duplication of photos here.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a gold mine of east German toys from 60's space exploration.
ReplyDeleteBoth East and West German toys, many of which have appeared on MC over the years. The tin Frontier Rocket was a favourite of mine as a kid. I even took it to Primary school!
DeleteIt was Japanese.
DeleteWhat an amazing time capsule!
ReplyDeleteThat Sputnik bagatelle is tops!
That places looks like an amazing record of recent world history. I did enjoy seeing the Airfix Leopard tank kit in there too.
ReplyDeleteGerman is a great country. Tops in Arts & Engineering. A great overview, there. SFZ
ReplyDeleteThat is sooooo cool Woodsy! I'm glad you got to see all that and are able to share photos of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing museum, Woodsy. Love the displays.
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