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
Blick auf das Wrack der INTERFLUG Iljuschin IL62 mit der Kennung DDR-SEW auf dem Gelände des Flughafens Berlin-Schönefeld.Am 17.Juni 1989 wurde die Maschine bei einem Startabbruch zerstört. Da bei dem Startabbruch die Triebwerke versehentlich abgestellt wurden, anstatt vollen Umkehrschub zu geben, überrollte das Luftfahrzeug das Ende der Start- und Landebahn. Der Rumpf brach auseinander und ging in Flammen auf. Es kamen 21 Menschen ums Leben. Die Wrackteile wurden in wochenlanger Kleinstarbeit geborgen, der restliche, in den Tragflächensektionen verbliebene Kerosinbestand enttankt. Wrackteile sollen auf dem Geländes des ehemaligen Südteiles Diepensee des einstigen INTERFLUG-Zentralflughafens vergraben worden sein.Photo no. 52063 © eastgermanyimages.com/Siegfried Bonitz
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Berlin — BERLIN 17.04.1967 During a meeting on the VII Party Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany SED in the Werner Seelenbinder Halle in the district of Prenzlauer Berg in the district Pankow in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 26.11.1986 Portrait of Ralf Tischendorf, head of Taktstrasse II of Plant 2 in VEB Wohnungsbaukombinat Berlin "Fritz Heckert" in the district Lichtenberg in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 Painting in a bus stop in Laubusch in the state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 School building with tower - Secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 School building with tower - Secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. A model Ikarus 255.72 school bus pulls up in front of the school
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 Secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. School successes - certificates, medals, trophies and awards hang on the wall in the hallway from the staircase
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 Secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Schoolchildren doing sports in the gym
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 Secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Pupil standing in front of an aquarium in the school building
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 Secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Pupils standing in front of an aquarium in the school building
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Laubusch — LAUBUSCH 03.12.1986 Window painting on the secondary School OS Dr. Richard Sorge at Laubuscher Markt in the Upper Lusatian workers settlement Gartenstadt Erika in Laubusch in the state of Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Potsdam — POTSDAM 01.03.1993 Renovation work for restoration and modernization on the construction site a villa in street Spitzweggasse in the district Babelsberg in Potsdam in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Potsdam — POTSDAM 01.08.1992 Station building and track systems of the S-Bahn station " Potsdam-Stadt " in the district Innenstadt in Potsdam in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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