Institut für Lehrerbildung Weissenfels. Festschrift 30 Jahre DDR—25 Jahren Sozialistische Lehrerbildung. [Institute for Teacher Education, Weissenfels. Commemorative Publication 30 Years GDR—25 Years Socialistic Teacher Education]
$2,250
Weissenfels: Institut für Lehrerbildung, 1979. 450 by 320mm (17¾ by 12½ inches). Large custom clam box with [28] lvs. 7 lvs are mounted and neatly titled original photographs 180 × 240 mm. 21 lvs are original graphic art (drawings, block prints, acrylic drawings). Along with a slightly smaller than A4 sized magazine with 48 pp. which reprints many of the included original photographs. In German. Very good plus.
With the establishment of the Soviet Occupation Zone the entire education system of Eastern Germany was restructured. Under the Ministry of People’s Education systematic steps were made to ensure a “new orientation” of teachers. The youth had to be educated in a politically directed manner. To that end the GDR formed Institutes for Teacher Education.
This large commemorative box of original photographs and drawings is from a celebration of 30 years East Germany at the Institute for Teacher Education, Weissenfels. The seven large mounted photographs mostly show Egon Krenz (born 1937), the later last communist leader of the GDR, who is received by the teachers as if he were a rock star. Krenz started his career as a teacher. After the fall of the Wall he was sentenced to 6 1/2 years of prison for manslaughter.
The 21 leaves of large-format artwork is by teachers and pupils and generally free of political motives. It shows a form of allowed expression and outsider art within the structures of approved GDR teacher education.
Price: $2,250
| Title | Institut für Lehrerbildung Weissenfels. Festschrift 30 Jahre DDR—25 Jahren Sozialistische Lehrerbildung. [Institute for Teacher Education, Weissenfels. Commemorative Publication 30 Years GDR—25 Years Socialistic Teacher Education] |
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| Year of Publication | 1979 |
| Publisher | Institut für Lehrerbildung |
