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
Berlin-MittePhoto no. 26145

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Fienstedt — FIENSTEDT 01.04.1953 Agricultural work in a farm and farm during repair work in the barn on street Dorfstrasse in Fienstedt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

Photo ID: 70745
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Reichstädt — REICHSTäDT 01.02.1952 Agricultural work in a farm and farm in Reichstaedt in the state Thuringia on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Fienstedt — FIENSTEDT 01.04.1953 Agricultural work in a farm and farm for pig farming on street Dorfstrasse in Fienstedt in the state Saxony-Anhalt on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

Photo ID: 70739
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Berlin — BERLIN 13.07.1986 Seagull flight facility in the Friedrichsfelde Zoo in East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 13.06.1987 Circus Rolandos at the 1st residential area festival in the Hellersdorf district of East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.07.1986 Restaurant on Gothaer Strasse at the corner of Eisenacher Strasse in the Hellersdorf district of East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.07.1986 A Wartburg is parked on Eisenacher Strasse in the Hellersdorf district of East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.09.1986 View from Knieberg to the newly district Hellersdorf of Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Dresden — DRESDEN 01.06.1952 Reception for politicians Aksel Larsen in Dresden in the state Saxony on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.05.1968 Fashion and clothing of street passers-by auf der Schoenhauser Allee in the district Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin Eastberlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Potsdam — POTSDAM 25.11.1970 Return of empties for the reuse of glass bottles in der Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse in the district Babelsberg in Potsdam in the state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.05.1968 Coal carrier soiled with dust while carrying heavy coal briquettes driving a Multicar M21 diesel ant in the district on street Schoenhauser Allee of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

Photo ID: 70729
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