"DDR: Das ist die Zukunft Deutschlands": grandstand board beside Berlin Cathedral
A tall white board rises above a temporary terraced grandstand next to Berlin Cathedral. It carries only three lines of large lettering: 'DDR' and, below, 'Das ist die Zukunft Deutschlands'. The claim is a prediction stated as settled fact, with no reason given, in a plaza built for mass rallies. No sponsor is printed on it.
- Date
- 1964
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Not named on the board; temporary grandstand on Marx-Engels-Platz, East Berlin (Fortepan catalogue)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- German Democratic Republic
- Leader
- Walter Ulbricht
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Techniques
- Bandwagon
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- Fortepan (donor: Barbjerik Ferenc), retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 (Fortepan site footer, quoted in notes); covers the photograph only
Fortepan / Barbjerik Ferenc, ID 148833 (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Text on the object
DDR DAS IST DIE ZUKUNFT DEUTSCHLANDS
GDR THAT IS THE FUTURE OF GERMANY
Read from the committed 1280 px image; no other lettering is visible on the board.
