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
Blick auf das Wrack der INTERFLUG Iljuschin IL62 mit der Kennung DDR-SEW auf dem Gelände des Flughafens Berlin-Schönefeld.Am 17.Juni 1989 wurde die Maschine bei einem Startabbruch zerstört. Da bei dem Startabbruch die Triebwerke versehentlich abgestellt wurden, anstatt vollen Umkehrschub zu geben, überrollte das Luftfahrzeug das Ende der Start- und Landebahn. Der Rumpf brach auseinander und ging in Flammen auf. Es kamen 21 Menschen ums Leben. Die Wrackteile wurden in wochenlanger Kleinstarbeit geborgen, der restliche, in den Tragflächensektionen verbliebene Kerosinbestand enttankt. Wrackteile sollen auf dem Geländes des ehemaligen Südteiles Diepensee des einstigen INTERFLUG-Zentralflughafens vergraben worden sein.Photo no. 52063 © eastgermanyimages.com/Siegfried Bonitz
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.08.1983 FDJers of the 1983 Peace Rally hold their solidarity bazaar on Alexanderplatz in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic, under the slogan: "We defend the revolution to build socialism."
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Berlin — BERLIN 12.11.1989 Structures and areas of the GueSt border crossing point Oberbaumbruecke in the district Friedrichshain in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.12.2001 Protests / actions against the NPD march on Oranienburgerstrasse in front of the New Synagogue during the Second Wehrmacht Exhibition in the Mitte district of Berlin. Blockade by members of the Jewish community, demonstrators showing solidarity and a Protestant pastor with police and water cannon in the background
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.12.2001 Anti-fascist protests / actions against the NPD march on Oranienburgerstrasse near the New Synagogue during the Second Wehrmacht Exhibition in the Mitte district of Berlin. Demonstrators and police clash
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.10.1963 Actor - portrait Eberhard Esche in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 13.06.1964 Actor - portrait Hilmar Thate in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 04.01.1963 The actress Kati Szekely (Catherine Székely) and the actor Juergen Frohriep on the snow-covered ice layer of the Mueggelsee in winter in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 01.08.1963 Actor - portrait Klaus-Peter Thiele in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Berlin — BERLIN 04.01.1963 The actress Kati Szekely (Catherine Székely) with a sledge in winter in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Staßfurt — STAßFURT 13.05.1992 Advertising sign for a former HO restaurant "Zur Einheit" in Stassfurt in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Leipzig — LEIPZIG 07.05.1950 Dressage quadrille at a riding and driving competition at the Scheibenholz racecourse in Leipzig in the state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Dresden — DRESDEN 12.06.1950 Event " Corpus Christi Procession " in front of the Summer Palace in the Park Grosser Garten as a declaration of belief in the practice of religion in the district Altstadt in Dresden in the state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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