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200630 minPGdocumentary

Strasse Nummer Eins

200630 minPGdocumentary

Over 900 people lived in the Rathauspassagen behind Alexanderplatz, a socialist showpiece in East Berlin during the 1970s.

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Oliver Päßler

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Over 900 people lived in the Rathauspassagen behind Alexanderplatz, a socialist showpiece in East Berlin during the 1970s.

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Oliver Päßlerdirector

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Rathauspassagen, located behind Alexanderplatz, served as East Berlin's socialist showcase in the 1970s. It combined housing for over 900 residents with social facilities and shops. Tenants, both past and present, recount their experiences in this community. They reflect on life under a totalitarian regime and how the ideals of that era influence German society after the fall of communism. Oliver Päßler directed this documentary, released in 2006.

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