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Images - Family, Sexuality and Nation: East Germany
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1.   Poster Warning of Venereal Diseases (1950)
In the postwar years, health professionals and sociologists in the Soviet occupation zone determined that many people were having unprotected sex, which was resulting not only in unwanted pregnancies,....
Poster Warning of Venereal Diseases (1950)
2.   A Model "New Farmer" and his Family (September 1950)
This photograph shows a model citizen of the newly founded GDR, a so-called new farmer who is running for a seat in the People’s Parliament [Volkskammer]. Interestingly, the caption, which....
A Model "New Farmer" and his Family (September 1950)
3.   On-Site Daycare at the Steelworks in Riesa (April 1951)
In the early 1950s, the GDR began expanding daycare in factories and enterprises in an attempt to raise female employment as a whole but also to train unskilled women to meet the demand for specialized....
On-Site Daycare at the Steelworks in Riesa (April 1951)
4.   "The World of the Woman" Exhibition in East Berlin (September 1956)
Although women’s equality in the GDR was enshrined in law in 1950, traditional gender roles changed little at first. This photograph from the 1956 exhibition “The World of the Woman” and the accompanying....
"The World of the Woman" Exhibition in East Berlin (September 1956)
5.   Delivery at the Rural Ambulatory Clinic in Bad Bibra (September 1960)
This photo by the official GDR news agency ADN praised the improvements for expectant mothers that followed in the wake of the 1950 passage of the “Law on the Protection of Mothers and Children and....
Delivery at the Rural Ambulatory Clinic in Bad Bibra (September 1960)
6.   Vials of Orasthin (1961)
Immediately after the end of the war, abortion was legalized in the Soviet occupation zone. The decision was partially attributable to the disastrous economic situation, but also to the numerous....
Vials of Orasthin (1961)
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