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Glass ballot box of the Volkskammer in the Palace of the Republic

  • Object
  • 1989

The East German Palace of the Republic once stood here. It was where the Volkskammer, nominally the country's highest constitutional organ, met from 1976 onwards. Until the peaceful revolution in autumn 1989, however, the Volkskammer was a rubber-stamp parliament that simply ratified documents presented to it by the East German party leadership. The ballot box was used by the deputies to cast their votes in the first freely elected Volkskammer in March 1990. The glass box symbolized the new transparency of parliamentary decision-making in a democracy. On 23 August 1990, it was used to vote on East Germany's accession to the territory governed by the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Detailed information

Period Produced
1989
Exhibition Format
Original
Material
Glass; Acrylic
Dimensions
30,3 x 30,0 x 30,0 cm
Weight
4,8 kg
Exhibition Location
EG.077.01.P6 E39001V Skulpturensaal
Exhibition & Module
DA01 Flashbacks / DA04 01 Video Panorama / DA01 Flashback 04 Glass ballot box of the Volkskammer in the Palace oft he Republic / DA04 01 08 Palace of the Republic 1973-2008 / H01 Highlights / MG Media Guide / MG Tour 02 A special place
Owner/Managing Institution
Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Credits
Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Inventory Number
EB-Nr. 1999/03/0182
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