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Plattenbauten
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Pre-fab GDR buildings in Dessau

During the nearly forty years of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) thousands of these pre-fab Plattenbau apartment buildings were built all over the country.

These buildings have not aged gracefully, for the most part, and some have been torn down, but others are now being modernized and successfully marketed.

Updated Jan 3, 2006

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Karl Marx

Glad to see they haven't removed the bust of Karl Marx from the square in front of the theater.

Updated Jan 3, 2006

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