Educators take the nursery school children for a walk in Prora in the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic RepublicPhoto no. 66163 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Students of the upper school in the military camp in Gross Koeris in the federal state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Military education was a compulsory subject in the 9th and 1Photo no. 65997 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Delegates at the XI. Party Congress of the SED Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the district Mitte in Berlin, capital of the GDRPhoto no. 51829 © eastgermanyimages.com/Burkhard Lange
A delegation of the land forces of the NVA at the parade onPhoto no. 59487 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED Central Committee Socialist Unity Party and Chairman of the State Council und die Mitglieder des Militaerrates aus der VR Bulgarien, der Ungarischen Volksrepublik, der DDR, der VR Polen, der SR Rumaenien, der UdSSR und der CSSR sowie der Chef des Stabes der Vereinten Streitkraefte in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic RepublicPhoto no. 61805 © eastgermanyimages.com/Burkhard Lange
Mauerfall / Grenzöffnung in Berlin - Mitte am Grenzübergang Invalidenstraße amPhoto no. 26145

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.04.1973 A young woman sits in an armchair and reads a book in front of a bookshelf in a typically furnished living room in the Mitte district of Berlin East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Potsdam — POTSDAM 20.08.1961 Construction site for the expansion of the border fortifications and wall as well as security structures and protective fence systems in the blocking strip of the state border in the district Fahrland in Potsdam, Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.11.1960 GDR flag - Tourist attraction and landmark "Brandenburg Gate" on Pariser Platz in the Mitte district of East Berlin in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. The statue group of the quadriga created by Johann Gottfried Schadow on the gate built by Carl Gotthard Langhans in the early classicist style is well known

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Dresden — DRESDEN 01.01.1964 Ruins of the facade and roof construction of the Dresden Frauenkirche as a national memorial and anti-war memorial on Rampische Strasse in the Altstadt district of Dresden, Saxony in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.11.1960 Tourist attraction and landmark "Brandenburg Gate" with still unobstructed and direct passage and drive-through possibility at Pariser Platz in the Mitte district of Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Buchenwald — BUCHENWALD 19.10.1965 Meeting of army members of the NVA National Peoples Army with members of the GSSD Group of Soviet Forces in Germany for a meeting on the occasion of the joint exercise "OKTOBERSTORM" at the foot of the National Memorial in Buchenwald, Thuringia in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Gera — GERA 01.03.1963 Dispensing and ordering medication at a mobile pharmacy, photographed in the 196

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.06.1964 Historical glasses, photographed in the 196

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Oppin — OPPIN 01.08.1970 Training and motor aircraft of the typeZlin 526 " Akrobat " in Oppin, Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Oppin — OPPIN 01.08.1970 Jump training for parachutist and aviation athletes from the GST Society for Sport and Technology at the airport in Oppin, Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Rostock — ROSTOCK 01.04.1972 Port berth of the passenger ship "Fritz Heckert" of the VEB Deutsche Seereederei in the district of Warnemuende in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Ralbitz-Rosenthal — RALBITZ-ROSENTHAL 20.09.1974 A Sorbian woman in everyday costume carries a metal watering can as a scene from the film and television production " Portrait of a Center " Sorbian cemetery in Ralbitz-Rosenthal, Saxony in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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