Pulse | 09.11.2008 | 20:30

Reliving Life as a Student in Communist East Germany

Longtime East German leader Erich Honecker is shown in this 1975 photo in Helsinki.

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Know who this guy is? Neither did many German students. Hint: He used to be the head of state of East Germany.

In a museum in Leipzig young people can not only learn, but also experience what school would have been like under the Communist system.

Imagine what it was like to be a student in communist East Germany where almost every move made was being watched and monitored. Now in the east German town of Leipzig young people can do just that. Cool joins some as they are put into a classroom re-enactment where they experience how school played a major role in the political formation of young people.

Report: Mark Mattox/ Anja Koch

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