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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Berlin — BERLIN 07.02.1992 Construction work at the historic Postfuhramt in the Oranienburger Strasse corner Tucholskystrasse in Berlin - Mitte.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 30.11.1991 View from the skyscraper at Leninplatz (Platz der Vereinten Nationen) in Berlin - Friedrichshain to the works to dismantle the Lenin monument and the traffic on the Mollstrasse.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 30.11.1991 View from the high-rise building on Leninplatz (Platz der Vereinten Nationen) over the prefabricated buildings on Mollstrasse in Berlin - Friedrichshain to the centre of East Berlin with Fernsehturm, Dom, Rotes Rathaus and Nikolaikirche.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 30.11.1991 View from the high-rise building at Leninplatz (Platz der Vereinten Nationen) to the prefabricated buildings at Lichtenberger Strasse and Strausberger Platz in Berlin - Friedrichshain.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 03.10.1990 People celebrate the German Unity Day on the Street Unter den Linden in Berlin - Mitte.
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Berlin — BERLIN 03.10.1990 People celebrate the German Unity Day on the Alexanderplatz in Berlin - Mitte.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 03.10.1990 People celebrate the German Unity Day at the base of the Fernsehturm on the Alexanderplatz in Berlin - Mitte.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 29.09.1990 A Trabant was disposed of in a bulky waste container on the side of a road in Berlin - Mitte.
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Berlin — BERLIN 04.08.1990 A woman collects money at the Deutsche Bank Berlin cash dispenser in Berlin.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 30.08.1990 Dismantling of the Berlin Wall at Michaelkirchplatz between Berlin - Kreuzberg and Berlin - Mitte. Right the tent of the Variete mobil.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 30.08.1990 Dismantling of the Berlin Wall at Michaelkirchplatz between Berlin - Kreuzberg and Berlin - Mitte. "The Wall is dead" stands on a wall segment. On the left the tent of the Variete mobil.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 30.08.1990 Former part of the Berlin Wall on the Michaelkirchplatz between Berlin - Kreuzberg and Berlin - Mitte, view to the Engeldamm and Bethaniendamm.
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