special collection

Diplomatic Gifts

The Wende Museum’s collection of state gifts to the German Democratic Republic focuses on two decades of diplomatic relations. During the 1970s and 1980s, East Germany sought to expand its international reach beyond the communist world. At one time, these state gifts were proudly displayed as ‘special inventory’ in the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte (Museum for German History) in East Berlin, known today as the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum). The collection includes an elaborate Vietnamese wood carving, a chess set from the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen), a mother-of-pearl box presented by Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, an abalone shell ashtray from the Philippines, an ox horn carving of a shrimp with its original red box from China, a silver double horn from Somalia, and a metal plate with the Ba’ath Party flag donated by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. These artifacts were acquired from various institutions and, in certain cases, the original recipients of the gifts.

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Schalmei
Instrument
Maker: VEB Tacton
ID: 2006.128.005
Date Made: 1975

Wooden Bust of an African Woman

Wooden Bust of an African Woman
Bust
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2006.128.006
Date Made: 1977

Cambodian Chess Set

Cambodian Chess Set
Chess sets
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2006.131.002
Date Made: n.d.

Samovar
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2006.900.028
Date Made: 1950s

Wilhem Pieck birthday chess set

Wilhem Pieck birthday chess set
Game
ID: 2008.368.001

Baath Party/Iraqi Plate

Baath Party/Iraqi Plate
Plate
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2008.900.035
Date Made: 1969

Decorative Saber from Saddam Hussein

Decorative Saber from Saddam Hussein
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2010.433.005
Date Made: n.d.

Model
Maker: VEB Perlmuttfabrik Adorf/ Vogtland
ID: 2013.471.001
Date Made: n.d.

Gift to Nicolae Ceausescu from the Company Înfrătirea of Oradea

Gift to Nicolae Ceausescu from the Company Înfrătirea of Oradea
Commemorative sculpture
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.018.003
Date Made: 1987

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