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 RepublicPhoto no. 65997 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Delegates at the XIPhoto no. 51829 © eastgermanyimages.com/Burkhard Lange
A delegation of the land forces of the NVA at the parade on 01 May in Magdeburg Saxony-AnhaltPhoto 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
SchönefeldPhoto no. 52063 © eastgermanyimages.com/Siegfried Bonitz
Berlin-MittePhoto no. 26145

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Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.05.1957 Writer and author Erwin Strittmatter when signing his books in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Cottbus — COTTBUS 01.04.1986 Lt. Gen. Herbert Scheibe and Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Reinhold (right) in training in the bunker systems of the ZUeF command post Central flight surveillance by the LSK Air Force / Air Defense of the NVA National People's Army in Cottbus in the state of Brandenburg in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.05.1957 Participants des Umzuges on the struggle and celebration day of the working people on May 1st on the streets of the city center in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 10 photos

Prerow — PREROW 01.04.1957 Agricultural machinery Tractor technology self made in Prerow in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Prerow — PREROW 01.08.1957 Building of the dance hall and the restaurant " Duenenhaus " in Prerow in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Prerow — PREROW 01.08.1957 School children and teenagers on Lange Strasse in Prerow in the state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Prerow — PREROW 01.08.1957 Strollers on a meadow path on the inner dike in Prerow in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 12.11.1989 Border soldier speaks to everyone during the opening of the border at Potsdamer Platz in the district Mitte in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Robert Grahn Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 09.11.1989 Border police and people on the evening of November 9, 1989, after the border opening at the Invalidenstrasse border crossing in Berlin-Mitte, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Robert Grahn Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 26.08.1969 Cars, Trabant and Wartburg are in front of the Volksbuehne theatre at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in the district Mitte in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Klaus Morgenstern Show photo

Prerow — PREROW 01.08.1958 Portrait of the financial officer Bruno Richard Gebser wearing a hat and suit on a midsummer beach in Prerow in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Prerow — PREROW 01.08.1958 Chimney sweep in typical working clothes with equipment of his craft on a bike in Prerow in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

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