Sheet 19900740

Color: Black & White
Country: Deutschland
Region: Berlin
Place: Kreuzberg
Date: Sep 27, 1990

Image of sheet 19900740 photo 6: 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 12: 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 16: The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 17: Berlin 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 22: Berlin 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 23: Germany wall √ The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 29: Berlin 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 30: Berlin 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 33: Berlin 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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Image of sheet 19900740 photo 34: Grimm am Friedrichshain. Berlin 1990 Ost Deutschland DDR GDR

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