The three-part documentary deals with important but also amusing achievements in former East Germany and highlights the limitations of the system at that time.

The documentary will be broadcast on ZDFinfo on October 22, 2025, at 8:15 p.m. and can already be viewed in the media library: https://www.zdf.de/dokus/ddr-genial--100

The scientific findings presented in this documentary were developed as part of the Mod-Block-DDR project: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/obstacles-to-modernization-in-the-economy-and-science-of-the-gdr-mod-block-ddr