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The gentleman in the white hat is saying: You need culture,
colleagues! Go to the opera or a concert.” The point is
a criticism of conditions in GDR factories, which were often
decrepit.
Date: #45/1985
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The movie theater announces the second week of a new movie.
The shop next door notes that it is being renovated for the past
three years. A regular complaint in the GDR had to do with the
shops, which were in fact often closed for long periods for “renovation.”
Date: #2/1986
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The cover shows the Marx-Engels statue in the center of East
Berlin. The caption reads: “Why is Engels standing?”
“Because he wants to see how the housing problem is being
solved.” “And Marx? “He is astonished by the low
rents.” The GDR had promised to solve the housing shortage
by 1990.
Date: #15/1986
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This was published in the midst of the Contra activities in
Central America. The portrayal of the U.S. is less than flattering.
Date: #18/1986.
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As the world blows up, a general tells an industrialist: “It’s
a good thing that we did so many tests. Otherwise we could not
have been sure that it would work.” This ran during the
controversy about American nuclear testing.
Date: #29/1986
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An American banker steps off a huge cargo plane. The poor
farmers say: “Such a huge plane for two suitcases of money?”
“Hey, that’s for the return flight.” The caption at
the top reads: “American companies have taken profits from
Latin America and the Caribbean equal to eight times their investments.”
Date: #31/1986
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American officers ask a priest: “So, you are against
our president’s Star Wars program. Imagine people here had the
atomic bomb. How would you defend yourself?!”
Date: #34/1986
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The caption says: “Of course Star Wars works!”
Date: #47/1986
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In an American city, a man says: “The Humane Society
takes in homeless animals. Perhaps I can find a warm place to
stay there.”
Date: #10/1988
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“Cutting our armaments in half? Why, then I could not defend myself!”
Date: #50/1988
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A fisherman catches a fish with a magnet. The factory in the
background is an iron factory. This was as direct as Eulenspiegelcould get about the GDR’s serious pollution problem.
Date: #15/1989
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In a GDR factory. “His first working day.” One worker
says: “We’ll break him in soon enough.” This is a criticism
of less than acceptable productivity.
Date: #35/1989
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