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The first theater, which opened its doors in the destroyed Dresden after World War II, belonged to a member of the Apel family, of course. Until 1952, it had been a successful story until their play was prohibited in the GDR. Some of the puppets in the exhibition, of which some are up to 220 years old, performed in front of electors, others in front of East German government officials. Usually, ordinary people sat in front of their stages. The Apels wanted to bring joy to the people, wanted to make them laugh and cry. The exhibition presents figures from the different branches of the family. Entire scenes with stage designs were reconstructed to illustrate the aesthetic change over the past decades.