This is indeed how the GDR was; otherwise, it couldn't have been photographed like this. Clean, self-assured, full of pride in its development, with a positive view of humanity and a vision for a better world. Are these brilliant photographs about the desire to overtake without catching up, or perhaps about Goethe's Easter Walk? At Alexanderplatz, hope and happiness flourish, well-groomed people enjoy the sun, colorful clothes catch our eye, and everywhere there is a sense of education and aspiration. Here is the true heaven of the people, here I am human, here I am allowed to be. Socialism looks forward and needs no tradition, for the past was dark, but the future is bright. That's how it appeared.