Wende Museum of the Cold War

The Wende Museum will catalogue its collection of 6,500 16mm, 8mm, and Super 8mm films; filmstrips; and audio-recordings, as well as an estimated 10,000 slides from the German Democratic Republic, East Germany. It will then digitize 50 percent of these materials and make them available on DVD for research and make at least 20 percent directly available through an online public access catalogue and a variety of programs. The audiovisual materials document two generations of East Germans living, working, and expressing themselves artistically in a communist culture that lasted for 40 years. By making them widely available, unrestricted and free of charge, the project aims to advance the understanding of the complexities and legacy of Cold War history.