How the Trabi Became the Symbol of Socialist Frustration #W2W #shorts00:00:57
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Dodał: TimeGhostHistory
In East Germany, owning a car wasnt about freedom it was about patience.
The Trabant, or Trabi, was the pride of the German Democratic Republic a noisy, smoky, plastic-bodied symbol of socialisms everyday absurdity.
Built from Duroplast (a cotton-and-resin hybrid) and powered by a two-stroke engine, it was slow, polluting, and somehow beloved. But there was one big problem: getting one could take a decade.
Why? Because in a planned economy, production didnt follow demand it followed the plan. Factories churned out cars according to quotas, not customer orders. That meant waitlists that stretched for years, sometimes decades.
People ordered cars at their weddings, hoping theyd arrive before their kids grew up.
In our linked Short, we explore another glimpse into life behind the Iron Curtain how the Soviet Unions fake superweapons fueled Cold War paranoia.
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Hosted by: Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Sebastian Brandtstetter, Astrid Deinhard Olsson & Anna Deinhard
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Iryna Dulka
Editing by: Pawel Wiszomirski
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
#timeghost #history #historical #history #worldwartwohistory #worldwartwo #ww2 #ww2history #historymatters #maps #cartography #camo
The Trabant, or Trabi, was the pride of the German Democratic Republic a noisy, smoky, plastic-bodied symbol of socialisms everyday absurdity.
Built from Duroplast (a cotton-and-resin hybrid) and powered by a two-stroke engine, it was slow, polluting, and somehow beloved. But there was one big problem: getting one could take a decade.
Why? Because in a planned economy, production didnt follow demand it followed the plan. Factories churned out cars according to quotas, not customer orders. That meant waitlists that stretched for years, sometimes decades.
People ordered cars at their weddings, hoping theyd arrive before their kids grew up.
In our linked Short, we explore another glimpse into life behind the Iron Curtain how the Soviet Unions fake superweapons fueled Cold War paranoia.
Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory
Subscribe to our World War Two series: https://www.youtube.com/c/worldwartwo?sub_confirmation1
Like TimeGhost on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhost-1667151356690693/
Hosted by: Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Sebastian Brandtstetter, Astrid Deinhard Olsson & Anna Deinhard
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Iryna Dulka
Editing by: Pawel Wiszomirski
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
#timeghost #history #historical #history #worldwartwohistory #worldwartwo #ww2 #ww2history #historymatters #maps #cartography #camo
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