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 Is that a pass through to the dining room I am seeing behind the counter?

Yes, with some creative refurbishing the building became more spacious.

A typical apartment was (and is) 6m wide by 12 m deep. There are houses with* rooms* larger than that.

On the positive side the rent including services was incredibly low.

 I would hate to see what the rest of the apartment looks like!

Eh, don't look at the picture above then. Note that this is only a recreation in a museum but the size of the room is about right ! There is a real apartment in the suburb of Hellersdorf that has been refurbished as in the 70s but I didn't get that far.

edit : here is a link to the DDR museum in Berlin (in English) :

http://www.ddr-museum.de/en/

 

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