Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
4.5 (402 reviews) Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in Leipzig Speciality Museums • History Museums
Superb museum
Our new permanent exhibition, Our History. Dictatorship and Democracy after 1945, highlights new themes and explores the post-reunification period in more detail. Here, visitors are taken on a journey through history – from the years after the Second World War to life in former East Germany and today’s Federal Republic of Germany. Why was East Germany founded? Who held the power in the country? How did people live, work, debate and celebrate? Why did the GDR fail? How has Germany grown together again after reunification? What are people’s issues and concerns today? To explore the history of a divided Germany and the years after reunification, the exhibition showcases over 2000 photos, films and objects, from the table in the SED’s politburo to parts of the fence at the Federal German embassy in Prague. In addition, contemporary witnesses not only share their own experience of these events, but show, though their personal stories, how political events affect people’s everyday lives.
Address
Grimmaische Str. 6, 04109, Leipzig, Saxony Germany
Mobile
Website
http://www.hdg.de/zeitgeschichtliches-forum/
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday : 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 3:13
User Ratings
4.5 based on (402 reviews)
Reviews
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5Locutus 5:00 PM Dec 22, 2022
Well worth a visit
Excellent museum in the centre of Leipzig focussed on the history of East Germany post 1945. Major signs are translated into English although being able to read German is a bonus. The exhibits are arranged thematically and by time period and attempt to give you some idea of what it must have been like in East Germany and the key drivers of change. Well worth a visit.
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5Beatriz M 5:00 PM Sep 23, 2022
Great tour!
Nice museum with the History of GDR (DDR). We took a tour with our work team and the guide gave a lot of information and also supported self-reflecting and the forming of your own opinion about the government. I already knew a lot about it because I am super interested in the topic and have visited many museums about it in Germany but if you are in Leipzig and you have time, I think you will like it, especially since the guide mentioned they have thousands of artefacts of this era.
