Children with the hand wash in the wash basin in a children cooked in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German democratic republicPhoto no. 64834 © eastgermanyimages.com/Heinz Schönfeld
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 01.07.1961 Young man overcomes a ground obstacle during pre-military training on the Sturmbahn as part of the Society for Sports and Technology in Berlin, East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.07.1961 Young man overcomes an escalator wall during pre-military training on the Sturmbahn as part of the Society for Sports and Technology in Berlin, East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Karlsburg — KARLSBURG 01.07.1961 Morning exercise for patients from the Central Institute for Diabetes "Gerhardt Katsch" in Karlsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Karlsburg — KARLSBURG 01.07.1961 Children suffering from diabetes play in the sand in front of the Central Institute for Diabetes "Gerhardt Katsch" in Karlsburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Karlsburg — KARLSBURG 01.07.1961 A boy prepares his insulin injection at the Central Institute for Diabetes "Gerhardt Katsch" in Karlsburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Pretzsch (Elbe) — PRETZSCH (ELBE) 01.06.1962 Training of the dog squad of the People's Police in the district Pretzsch (Elbe) in Pretzsch (Elbe), Saxony-Anhalt in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 22.06.1980 Musical contribution to the Ernst Busch memorial event by the FDJ in the Congress Hall in the Mitte district of East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 22.06.1980 Ernst Busch memorial event by the FDJ in the Congress Hall in the Mitte district of East Berlin in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 22.06.1980 Musical contribution to the Ernst Busch memorial event by the FDJ in the Congress Hall in the Mitte district of East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 22.06.1980 Ernst Busch memorial event by the FDJ in the Congress Hall in the Mitte district of East Berlin in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 22.06.1980 Speaker at the Ernst Busch memorial event of the FDJ in the Congress Hall in the Mitte district of Berlin, East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 22.06.1980 Ernst Busch memorial event by the FDJ in the Congress Hall in the Mitte district of East Berlin in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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