I couldn't get through to Mr Honecker, all the lines seemed jammed. Only about 9 per cent of citizens had telephones but this kiosk was lightly used, mainly because there were not enough people with telephones to get in touch with. The postal service, though was pretty healthy and has generated a lot of ephemera, which, sadly, will not be produced in this age of vacuous instant texting e-mailing and messaging. early morning frost on the roof of the kiosk and houses.

Digitaluhren im Tresorformat, Automaten wie aus der Steinzeit: Im Vergleich mit Westtechnik schnitten DDR-Produkte mies ab, auch wenn die Staatsführung stets das Gegenteil behauptete. Marko Schubert konnte als Kind über die Gadgets "Made in GDR" nur lachen - heute trauert er ihnen nach.