August 3, 2025Aug 3 #1 "For 40 years, the Cold War dominated the world stage. East and West Germany stood at the frontlines of the global confrontation, symbolized by the infamous Berlin Wall, which separated lovers, friends, families, coworkers, and compatriots. The Wende Museum in Los Angeles, California, is named after the period of change immediately following the wall's destruction. It was established in 2002 to study the visual and material culture of the former Eastern Bloc, and, with physical and psychic distance, to foster multiple perspectives on this multilayered history that continues to shape our world. This encyclopedic volume features around 2,000 items from its extraordinary collections. Based on our XL-sized volume, this edition includes a full spectrum of art, archives, and artifacts from socialist East Germany: official symbols and dissident expressions, the spectacular and the routine, the mass-produced and the handmade, the funny and the tragic. Accompanying these remnants of a now-vanished world are texts from scholars and specialists from across Europe, Canada, and the United States, with themes ranging from the secret police to sexuality, from monuments to mental-mapping. More than 800 pages, featuring around 2,000 objects. A smaller, more accessible version of our XL-sized volume, the most comprehensive overview of GDR visual and material culture to date. Several dozen images of everyday life and public events from the most famous GDR photographers. Special two-language edition featuring texts both in English and German. From November 18, 2017, visit the Wende Musem at its expanded campus in Culver City’s Armory Building, a site originally created in preparation for World War III but re-designed by Michael Boyd, Christian Kienapfel, and Benedikt Taschen to welcome its 100,000+ collection of artifacts." Product information Publisher: TASCHEN Publication date: December 13, 2017 Edition: Bilingual Language: English & German Print length: 816 pages ISBN-10 3836571889 ISBN-13 978-3836571883 Item Weight: 3.9 pounds Dimensions: 6.93 x 1.97 x 9.76 inches Wende Museum/Justinian Jampol Sources: https://www.amazon.com/East-German-Handbook-Justinian-Jampol/dp/3836571889 https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/books/9783836565202/das-ddr-handbuch-the-east-german-handbook?srsltid=AfmBOop-Sozxb-dtUt7beI5ynIOzMhSN85ONmjmM4f4T8gLhlpWbqGcP https://www.ebay.fr/itm/363963954193 https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/the-east-german-handbook/9200000079387692/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DMk4VOKsfrD/?img_index=9 Founder of the Wende Museum, Justinian Jampol. Sources: [Image] https://artillerymag.com/the-wende-museum/ http://lacmaonfire.blogspot.com/2017/11/wende-museum-preview.html?m=1 https://www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org/profile-the-wende-museum/ https://culvercitycrossroads.com/2022/03/01/from-the-wende-jampol-offers-history-is-now/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_(Justin)_Jampol
August 3, 2025Aug 3 #2 I have never heard of this museum before, would love to visit it one day. The book seems to be an excellent reference, thanks for sharing!
August 6, 2025Aug 6 #3 I recall talk of this museum before it was built but I had no idea that it was actually completed. The book looks fascinating. Thanks for the information.
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