The Wende Museum in Los Angeles houses one of the largest collections of artifacts from the GDR in the world. This volume showcases over 2000 items, including design objects and everyday items, Stasi relics, propaganda, advertising, fashion, state-supported and dissident works, as well as the quirky and tragic aspects of the workers', farmers', and elite state. Based on our XL volume, which provides the most comprehensive overview of the visual and material culture of the GDR to date, this affordable new edition presents the fascinating remnants of a vanished world.