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
Groß KörisPhoto no. 65997 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Delegates at the XI. Party Congress of the SED Socialist Unity Party of Germany in Berlin, capital of the GDRPhoto no. 51829 © eastgermanyimages.com/Burkhard Lange
MagdeburgPhoto 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
Berlin-MittePhoto no. 26145

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Berlin — BERLIN 10.03.1984 Athlete and competitive athlete and football coach of the BFC Dynamo Juergen Bogs in the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in the district of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 13.04.1983 Construction site for the new construction of apartments by the youth brigade Timm on the street Teterower Ring in the district of Marzahn in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70261
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Berlin — BERLIN 11.12.1989 Professor Juergen Kuczynski, a German economic historian and economist during a forum of the Kulturbund in the former machine tool combine October 7. in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70250
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Berlin — BERLIN 15.07.1986 Park Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg with flower beds and playground in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70249
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Berlin — BERLIN 15.05.1986 Park Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg with flower beds and playground in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70248
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Berlin — BERLIN 15.05.1986 Café " Eisbaer " in the residential area Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70247
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Berlin — BERLIN 15.05.1986 Restaurant " Rosengarten " in the residential area Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70246
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Berlin — BERLIN 15.07.1986 Children play on playground equipment equipment like seesaws at the playground in the residential area and park area Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70244
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Berlin — BERLIN 15.07.1986 Children play on playground equipment such as giraffe, hippo and ibex at the playground in the residential area and park area Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70243
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Berlin — BERLIN 30.09.1986 Children playing on a big slide in the playground in the residential area and park area Ernst-Thaelmann-Park Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70242
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Berlin — BERLIN 17.07.1990 Souvenir dealers with GDR uniform parts, badges and effects at "Allied Checkpoint Charlie" on Friedrichstrasse in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin
Photo ID: 70240
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Berlin — BERLIN 17.07.1990 Fragments of the decaying border fortifications and wall as well as security structures in the former border strip of the state border on street Schuetzenstrasse in the district Mitte in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 70239
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