Gemeinsam sind wir unerträglich – Die unabhängige Frauenbewegung in der DDR

In the organizer's words:

The exhibition can be viewed during opening hours from 10.03.2025 to 21.03.2025.

In the 1980s, women's groups were founded throughout the GDR to campaign for peace, democracy, human rights and environmental protection. From the very beginning, many of these groups criticized the situation of women in the GDR and questioned the state doctrine of equal rights for women. At the end of the GDR, a nationwide movement developed. In the democratic upheaval of 1989 and 1990, its protagonists sat at round tables and demanded a gender-equal society.

The exhibition "Together we are unbearable" tells the story of the independent women's movement in the GDR for the first time using numerous documents, photos and interviews. It tells how the women's groups were able to act under conditions of limited publicity, repression and patriarchal social structures. It also conveys current references.

The exhibition was edited by Ulrike Rothe and Rebecca Hernandez Garcia on behalf of the Agency for Education, History and Politics.

Opening hours: Mon - Fri, 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. 10.3. - 21.03.2025