East German Militaria & War Memorabilia

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BERLIN, Germany – The entire inventory of a museum devoted to life in East Germany will be offered at Historia Auctionata on Saturday, August 26. The Doberitz DDR Museum collection was assembled across more than 20 years by the late Manfred Husges and toy enthusiast Peter Klapp. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

BEESKOW, Germany, (AFP) – Piled-up, forgotten and gathering dust, 23,000 artworks from the former East Germany fill a vast warehouse 90 kilometres from Berlin, testimony to an oppressive past. From busts of Karl Marx to paintings glorifying the Heroes of Socialist Labour, this communist art in a rundown building formerly used to store animal feed […]