Today we went to the House of History in Germany. This museum focuses mainly on German History after WWII. Our tour guide, Dr. Wasser, was also a Professor at A&M. In going through this museum we were able to see many sides of German history that I never knew. He showed us what the living conditions were like and how many of the people survived the hardships that came with living here after the war. We discussed the differences between East and West Germany and how it was a living Hell if you were stuck in the West under the USSR rule. We got to see some of the homemade things that people made to try to fit back into their normal lives, even though it was anything but normal after the war. The part of the museum that I enjoyed the most was the portion about the Berlin Wall, it was surreal to see many of the pictures on how lives were changed and how many people wanted to leave but were unable to. It was really shocking to see how everything has changed in the last 70 years. The end of the tour was pretty cool also because it showed how Germany is now, the total debt of the country and the tolerance it has for allowing refugees to enter the country.
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| A photo depicting an East German Soldier Defecting |
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| Just a portion of the records of missing Germans after the War |
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| Soldiers taking down anything related to Hitler |
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| A poster showing about the Marshall Plan |
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| Dedication to all the suffering Stalin caused in the East |
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| A tank like the USSR would use after the war |
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| A Car made especially for the German Chancellor in Bonn after the War |
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