Untouched East German flat found in Leipzig

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Ok. So you're in Germany called in to do some renovation work. Fine, get thte address, off you go open the door and... the flat hasn't been touched since before the Wall came down. Nearly twenty years.

(And the 'occupant' still had more furniture than I have now!)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7857256.stm

Pics
http://www.faz.net/s/RubCD175863466D41BB9A6A93D460B81174/Doc~E22FD94725C3448A182889BEE472F8E73~ATpl~Ecommon~SMed.html

mikom

Welcome to Ireland 2012.
:pac:

Quazzie

mikom wrote: »

Welcome to Ireland 2012.
:pac:

Is pic #5 a shopping bag full of skulls :eek:

mikom

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Is pic #5 a shopping bag full of skulls :eek:

Yep, its to avoid the burial tax which will be introduced in 2010.
To avoid it the Irish began eat their deceased family members.
That poor bugger is down to his last few skulls.

ScumLord

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Is pic #5 a shopping bag full of skulls :eek:

Yes baby skulls to be exact. Obviously his commie breakfast.

here.from.day.1

Those crazy germans..

Cheerilee

These photo's was definetly taken from my old flat in Ranelagh:)
you wouldnt need to look very hard in the Dublin 6 area to find even more dated bedsits/flats.. I'm just glad the heating worked:D

conf101

I think it's mad how something like that could stay undisturbed for 20 years. I wonder where the occupant is now?

Blisterman

I remember a few years ago in the wicklow countryside, we stumbled upon an abandonded house. The windows were all smashed, so we were able to climb inside, and it was still intact. Old canned groceries in the cupboards, books, toys etc, and best of all, a calendar on the wall saying "June 1976". I wish I took some pictures.

Fizman

conf101 wrote: »

I think it's mad how something like that could stay undisturbed for 20 years. I wonder where the occupant is now?

Still down at the shop mulling over whether to buy a Dan Bar or a Macaroon.

biko

Good Bye Lenin

Cheerilee

Fizman wrote: »

Still down at the shop mulling over whether to buy a Dan Bar or a Macaroon.

hahahaha
Dan Bars were orange bars with what looked like dead flies scattered throughout... the neon pink colours of the Wham bar were much more appealing and also had the added bonus of extracting any loose milk teeth that were left in your head

00112984

If my husband was German, that'd be my in-laws house.

As it stands, they have a little hommage to a bygone century already but it's Irish.

grizzly

I just heard a fantastic documentary about a creepy abandoned house...

http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=199

Mingey

biko wrote: »

Good Bye Lenin

Dang, I was gonna post that

Caoimhín

Creepski

ejmaztec

conf101 wrote: »

I think it's mad how something like that could stay undisturbed for 20 years. I wonder where the occupant is now?

Probably a Stasi man who high-tailed it in his Trabant, and after driving non-stop and flat-out for twenty years, has managed to reach the end of the street.

Irish Halo

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Is pic #5 a shopping bag full of skulls :eek:

BBC news piece wrote:

shrivelled bread rolls still lay in a string bag

Wonder why the owner/inhabitant never returned I'm sure he should know that the wall fell ~3 months after he left (apparently it was a big thing on the news at the time)

Tom65

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

Is pic #5 a shopping bag full of skulls :eek:

Under Communism, people would have to queue for hours to get skulls. As such, people tended to hoard them as a valuable commodity.

The bad old days. I just ordered a fresh one from Amazon.

I dun' geddit.

It looks like pretty much every student house I've seen.

samhail

i wonder if they are going to skip it or ebay it all off

FlutterinBantam

I wonder was there a Commie log lolling in the shítter??