From the obstacles of the hand-over of keys . . .
to a house community slaughtering pig and celebrating together . . .

Mr. Dr. -Ing. Heinz Clemens, translation: Mr. Thomas R. Werner

Those using the toilet today hardly remember it. . .
About the loo with the loud bang

Mr. Dr. Erhard Liebscher, translation: Mr. Thomas R. Werner

On such a happy day you do not dawdle while getting dressed. . .
The most special thing - the spacious kitchen. . .



Photo: Das DDR-Zuhause-Buch, Eulenspiegelverlag, Berlin 2009

Ms. Margit Gebler, translation: Ms. Yvonne Lorenz

Born in 1949, Mrs. Mann tells something about the live of a family of seven in the Erzgebirge . . .
The next stations are an apartment of 56 square meters in a prefabricated housing development after the wedding and a few more moves until the current residence in Dresden- Striessen . . .

Ms. Ursula Mann, translation: Mr. Thomas R. Werner

Striking a balance on the housing stock after the destruction of Dresden in 1945. . .
About the founding years of the cooperatives to today's share of more than 20% of Dresden flats being part of the cooperative stock. . . .

Mr. Alfred Müller, translation: Mr. Thomas R. Werner

The student as a lodger . . .
A too big apartment- a stroke of luck . . . and about fetching coals with a trolley



Photo: Das DDR-Zuhause-Buch, Eulenspiegelverlag, Berlin 2009

Mr. Dr. Erhard Liebscher, translation: Mr. Thomas R. Werner