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HIST 312-05 Memory and Material Culture in Eastern Europe (Spring 2023)

Trabant 1957-1991

Image of East German Trabant

Cross section of 1958 Trabant

Instructions

In groups of four:

  • Examine the primary source.
  • What is the document?
  • Who produced it?
  • What questions does it possibly raise about the [in]famous Trabi?
  • What possible historical context does it provide?

Instructions Part II

Look at the Secondary Sources

  • What added context does the secondary source provide?
  • How does it change or expand your original reading of the primary sources?
  • What additional lines of inquiry does the secondary source provide?

Group 1 Primary

Group 1 Secondary