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Lotte Thiel

The German Democratic Republic – A Land of Books

  • Documentary
RELEASE

1971-01-01

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

6 min

Description

The well-known illustrator Werner Klemke uses his drawings to teach the youngest bookworms about the value of reading. Taking this as a starting point, Lotte Thiel presents the GDR as a land of books whose capital is Leipzig. Figures and images from the 1971 International Book Art Exhibition underscore the significance accorded to books as a tool for shaping the “socialist personality”.

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