Fotoalbum für unsere Freunde

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Fotoalbum für unsere Freunde

Maker: VEB Sport Toto; VEB Geschäfts- und Kontobuchdruck Cottbus; Firma Fotochemie Berlin

Date Made: 1955
Country: German Democratic Republic

Materials: plastic; fabric; paper; ink
Measurements: 3 in x 3 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 9.525 cm; 9 1/4 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 in; 23.495 cm x 33.655 cm x 2.54 cm; 9 1/4 in x 25 1/4 in x 1 in; 23.495 cm x 64.135 cm x 2.54 cm

This red, faux-leather photo album was created by VEB Sport-Toto as a way for collectors to showcase their collected photographs of the 1954-55 sport season in East Germany. Half of the 46-page book is solely dedicated to football, which even at this point in history was already the biggest sport in East Germany (the photo album states that there were over 350,000 active footballers across all levels and ages in 1955). The football section of the photo album is complete. The other half of the book is dedicated to other sporting disciplines like gymnastics, motor sports, basketball, and volleyball. There is also a small section dedicated to notable sporting encounters and feats from around the world. The football section of the photo album is largely dedicated to photographs and information about the 1954/55 DDR-Oberliga. That year’s champions, SC Turbine Erfurt, feature prominently. There is a photograph and starting line-up for every team in the league. The first half of the album also dedicates a number of pages to the events of the 1954 World Cup won by West Germany. Each section of the photo album starts with a short statement about the featured photographs and the importance of those sports in East Germany. The final statement equates East Germany’s sporting achievements with post-war progress and prosperity. It notes that sport thrives in times of peace. This 1954/55 edition of the photo album is of special significance because of its proximity to the 1954 World Cup. Notable players like Hungary’s Ferenc Puskás feature in these photographs. The 1954/55 DDR-Oberliga season is also of note because it is the first time in post-war East Germany that teams were forcibly merged and relocated in an effort to improve the level of the league. State-owned company teams (BSG) were replaced with sports clubs (SC) that were more football focused (e.g. BSG Chemie Leipzig became SC Lokomotive Leipzig). This move angered many fans as it catered to private, commercial, and political interests.

Accession Number: 2010.540.001

Communism for Dinner: Commemorative Plates from The Wende Museum

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