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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Potsdam — POTSDAM 20.11.1964 Reproduction Apartment briefing certificate for the allocation of living space issued in the district Babelsberg in Potsdam in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Potsdam — POTSDAM 01.09.1970 Reproduction Apartment briefing certificate for the allocation of living space issued in the district Babelsberg in Potsdam in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Potsdam — POTSDAM 16.08.1990 House gate - sculpture "animal head with girl" in bronze by the artist Hermann Feuerhahn in the district Babelsberg in Potsdam in the state Brandenburg in the area of ??the former GDR, German democratic republic
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 2 latest photos

Berlin — BERLIN 04.10.1971 Model shows the latest women's fashion in front of a horse stall in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Klaus Fischer Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 02.08.1971 Family goes on holiday by car and is seen off by friends. The journey starts in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Klaus Fischer Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 02.08.1971 Luggage in a Wartburg boot in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Klaus Fischer Show photo

Dresden — DRESDEN 17.09.1950 Harvest wagon at the Dresden racecourse in Seidnitz in the federal state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Hilde Hoppe Show photo

Dresden — DRESDEN 17.09.1950 Harvest wagon at the Dresden racecourse in Seidnitz in the federal state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Hilde Hoppe Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 19.03.1984 Supervision of students in the context of music lessons der 31. Oberschule Hilde Coppi in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Thomas Uhlemann Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 19.04.1984 Passenger Cars - Motor Vehicles in Road Traffic on Kniprodestrasse corner Danziger Strasse in the district Friedrichshain in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Thomas Uhlemann Show photo

Pirna — PIRNA 30.07.1971 Models show the latest men's fashion in Pirna in the state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Klaus Fischer Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 19.08.1972 World Time Clock and Berlin TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in the district Mitte in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Klaus Fischer Show photo

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