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
Wreck and junk debris of the passenger plane IL-62 at the crash site in Schoenefeld in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic RepublicPhoto no. 52063 © eastgermanyimages.com/Siegfried Bonitz
Berlin-MittePhoto no. 26145

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Berlin — BERLIN 07.10.1974 Brass concert of the District Music Corps Frankfurt/Oder of the JP ( Junge Pioniere ) and FDJ ( Freie Deutsche Jugend ) for the military parade on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the GDR in the Mitte district of Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Thaelmann pioneers each with a wind instrument
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Berlin — BERLIN 17.06.1968 Dilapidated old buildings in the district Mitte in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 68431
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.11.1963 Christel Kern, announcer on German television, in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 68429
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Berlin — BERLIN 06.03.1990 Pop singer Roland Kaiser visits St. Nicholas Church in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 68424
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.11.1963 Erika Radtke, announcer on German television, in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 68422
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Berlin — BERLIN 06.03.1990 Portrait shot of the singer and musician Roland Kaiser in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 23.04.1976
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Berlin — BERLIN 23.04.1976 Guests in a cafe with bar in the Palace of the Republic during the opening of the house in the district Mitte in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. The Palace of the Republic in the GDR was one of the largest and most modern multi-purpose cultural buildings of its kind in Europe. In addition to gastronomic facilities, the building housed a large multi-purpose hall and the parliament building of the GDR People's Chamber
Photo ID: 68419
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.04.1964 Portrait actress Annekathrin Buerger in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 68415
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.04.1964 Announcer on German Television Annemarie Brodhagen in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.04.1964 Portrait actress Annekathrin Buerger in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Hoppegarten — HOPPEGARTEN 19.08.1962 Egon Czaplewski after winning the Kincsem race at Hoppegarten racecourse in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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