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
SchönefeldPhoto no. 52063 © eastgermanyimages.com/Siegfried Bonitz
Berlin-MittePhoto no. 26145

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Rostock — ROSTOCK 01.08.1971
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

Rostock — ROSTOCK 01.08.1971 Stored for loading and export in port Kraftfahrzeuge - PKW Wartburg 353 in Rostock in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
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Ellenberg — ELLENBERG 01.01.1977 House in Ellenberg in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Friedrich Kayser Show photo

Benz — BENZ 01.01.1977 Light blue Wartburg parked on a country road on the island of Usedom in Benz in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Friedrich Kayser Show photo

Waren (Müritz) — WAREN (MüRITZ) 01.01.1977 Boat at The Mueritz Lake in Waren (Mueritz) in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Friedrich Kayser Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 11.03.1969 Ruins - rest of the facade silhouette and roof structure of the sacral building of the Franciscan monastery church on Klosterstrasse against the silhouette of the Berlin TV tower in the Mitte district of Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 07.10.1979
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 18.03.1990 Traffic situation in the street area at the palace bridge, lined with monumental marble figure groups of Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the Mitte district in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 01.11.1958 Sculptor Fritz Cremer on a figure from the Buchenwald group for the Buchenwald National Memorial in his studio in the Mitte district of Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Berlin — BERLIN 01.05.1984 Demonstration of flag bearers for May 1st in front of the Lenin memorial at Leninplatz, today's United Nations Square, in the Friedrichshain district of Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Potsdam — POTSDAM 06.09.1980 Ceremony for the ceremonial naming "Hans Rodenberg" with Erich Mueckenberger in the house of the DSF German-Soviet Friendship in Potsdam in the state of Brandenburg in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic
Photo: Lothar Willmann Show photo

Wünsdorf — WüNSDORF 01.09.1989 Scenes of the fighting of the Red Army taking Berlin in the area of the Moltke bridge to advance to the Berlin Reichstag - exhibited in the Panorama Museum of the GSSD Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Wuensdorf in the state of Brandenburg in the area of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic - Germany
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show photo

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