'Totally East: Life in East Germany' Photograph Exhibition

The University of Chester's Department of Modern Languages and Department of Art and Design are staging an historical photographic exhibition entitled 'Totally East: Life in East Germany'.

The exhibition runs from Tuesday, November 13 until Thursday, November 22 (excluding Sunday) at the University's Kingsway Campus in Newton.

On Saturday, November 17, visitors to the exhibition will get an extra insight into East German life thanks to the Wartburg Trabant IFA Club UK, whose members will be bringing a display of Trabants, Wartburgs and Barkas vans. These vehicles were common sights on the roads of the former DDR (German Democratic Republic).

Created by the German Government's historical foundation: the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in East Germany, and OSTKREUZ Photographers' Agency, the photographic exhibition takes you on a journey back to a time of division, when the Cold War was still very much being waged and the Berlin Wall divided a city and the lives of its inhabitants.

It presents a glimpse into life in East Germany through 100 photographs arranged according to themes such as Youth, Community, Loneliness, Cheerfulness and Rebellion. All photographs in the exhibition are the work of photographer Harald Hauswald. Born in East Germany, Hauswald lived and worked in East Berlin in the 1970s and 1980s, recording the unspectacular but very often intriguing world of everyday life. The photographs in the exhibition are accompanied by texts providing historical detail written by renowned German historian Stefan Wolle who, like Hauswald, also grew up in East Germany.

The photographic exhibition 'Totally East: Life in East Germany' takes place Tuesday November 13 until Thursday November 22 (excluding Sunday) in the Foyer Gallery of the Kingsway Campus, Chester, CH2 2LB. It is open from 9am to 4pm on weekdays and from 10am to 4pm on Saturday November 17.

The selection of East German cars will be on display on Saturday November 17 only.