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 Berlin - FriedrichshainPhoto 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 15.04.1989 Sailboats sailing on the lake Langer See in Berlin Gruenau, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Robert Grahn Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 01.10.1946 Colored graphicsals Titelbild der Ausgabe des ULENSPIEGEL 10/1946 of the GDR artist Herbert Sandberg in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Herbert Sandberg Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 01.01.1988 Money card for the first ATMs of the Berliner Sparkasse in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Robert Grahn Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 02.09.1990 Spanienkaempfer monument by Fritz Cremer in the Volkspark Friedrichshain on the Friedenstrasse in Berlin - Friedrichshain, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 02.09.1990 Ernst Thaelmann monument by the artist Lew Kerbel on the edge of the Ernst Thaelmann Park on the Greifswalder Strasse in Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 30.08.1990 Lenin monument on the Leninplatz (today Platz der Vereinten Nationen) in Berlin - Friedrichshain, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 10.01.1991 Protest against the transaction of the Humboldt University in Berlin - Mitte, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 10.01.1991 Protest against the transaction of the Humboldt University in Berlin - Mitte, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 10.01.1991 The words "No money for the Golf, but money for education" stands at the winter enclosure of the Humboldt Monument during the protest against the transaction of the Humboldt University in Berlin - Mitte, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 03.05.1991 Stadion der Weltjugend (Stadium of World Youth, formerly Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion) in Berlin - Mitte, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 04.12.1991 A new street sign shows the renaming of Leninallee in Landsberger Allee on the corner Friedenstrasse in Berlin - Friedrichshain, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

Berlin — BERLIN 04.12.1991 A new street sign shows the renaming of Leninallee in Landsberger Allee on the corner Friedenstrasse in Berlin - Friedrichshain, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Manfred Uhlenhut Show theme

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