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 Magdeburg Saxony-AnhaltPhoto 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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Dresden — DRESDEN 31.03.1984 Poet and writer Reinhard Bernhof in Dresden in the state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Klaus Morgenstern Show 3 photos

Rübeland — RüBELAND 01.02.1958 Freight lime train of the Deutsche Reichsbahn on the line in Ruebeland in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 4 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Maintenance and repair work on the operation of steam locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the construction series 23 in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 3 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Maintenance and repair work in the Bw railway depot of the Deutsche Reichsbahn for the series 65 steam locomotives in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 3 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Operation of steam locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the construction series 50 in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 7 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Round shed of the Bw railway depot of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in Halberstadt in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 2 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Cleaning and purification work and ash disposal in the railway depot of the German Reichsbahn in Halberstadt in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 6 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Maintenance and repair work in the Bw railway depot of the Deutsche Reichsbahn for the series 50 steam locomotives in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 5 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Maintenance and repair work on the operation of steam locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the construction series 52 in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 2 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Maintenance and repair work on the operation of steam locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the construction series 50 in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 7 photos

Halberstadt — HALBERSTADT 01.02.1958 Maintenance and repair work in the Bw railway depot of the Deutsche Reichsbahn for the series 50 and 65 steam locomotives in Halberstadt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 14 photos

Milkel — MILKEL 01.08.1959 Wedding gift transfer Sorbian inhabitants in the form of an old tube radio "Olympia" in Milkel in the state of Saxony in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic.
Photo: Siegfried Gebser Show 4 photos

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