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 01.07.1964 Portrait Sabine Bergmann-Pohl in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69575
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.07.1964 Portrait Sabine Bergmann-Pohl in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69562
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Hoppegarten — HOPPEGARTEN 11.08.1968 Man, woman and toddler on a walk in Hoppegarten in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69561
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Magdeburg — MAGDEBURG 21.07.1968 Older women take a break in Magdeburg in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69560
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Hoppegarten — HOPPEGARTEN 30.06.1968 Horses and jockeys before the start of a gallop race in Hoppegarten in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69559
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Berlin — BERLIN 02.05.1987 Event and demonstration for the "Wahl Miss Fruehling" in the district of Marzahn in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Young girls and women present new swimwear and bikinis on the fashion catwalk
Photo ID: 69550
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Photo: Thomas Uhlemann Show 9 latest photos

Berlin — BERLIN 20.04.1983 Restaurant and tavern of a broiler restaurant in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69549
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Berlin — BERLIN 02.05.1987 Cornelia Franzke is happy about the election to the Marzahn Spring Festival in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. The 18-year-old skilled worker for data processing at VEB Maschinenhandel prevailed in May 1987 among nine applicants from all over East Berlin for the Miss election
Photo ID: 69533
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Photo: Thomas Uhlemann Show 16 latest photos

Berlin — BERLIN 17.04.1984 Passenger cars - Motor vehicles in a parking lot in front of the Palace of the Republic in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69532
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Berlin — BERLIN 05.04.1983 Worker - coal carrier carries a pannier full of coal to a household in the district of Mitte in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69530
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Berlin — BERLIN 08.05.1984 Parade formation and march of Russian - Soviet soldiers and officers of the GSSD group on the occasion of a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial for the fallen Soviet soldiers in the district of Treptow in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69519
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Berlin — BERLIN 10.05.1982 Car - motor vehicle on the road "Wartburg 311" in Friedrichstrasse in front of a tram in the district of Mitte in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo ID: 69518
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