Gera: Opening of the Open Monument Day in the Sign of East Modernism

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In Gera on Sunday the national monument day was opened. The whole day were numerous interested on the feet. Of discoveries and encounters.

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This time, the focus of the Open Monument Day was the so-called East Modernism. A prominent example of GDR architecture: the cultural and congress centre in Gera. Inside the concrete square, the relief wall "Lied des Lebens" is considered a masterpiece of sculpture in the GDR.

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The time when GDR cultural monuments like the Palace of the Republic are simply demolished is over. Gera wants to show what needs to be preserved at the opening of the national day of the open monument.