„Auferstanden aus Ruinen“

The topic of "housing" was a political hot potato in the GDR. It was discussed in the field of tension between the renovation of old buildings, owner-occupied homes and prefabricated housing and flanked by debates about public building sites. Numerous feature films as well as documentary and theatrical formats for cinema and television contributed to this discussion about housing and building in general.

The articles in this anthology present representative examples of the media discourse on housing and building. They focus on content-related, aesthetic, political, economic and functional aspects.