The Iron Curtain, East Germany, 1987 |
Watch tower on the East German Border |
DDR - stone marking the intra-German border, 1987 |
Aunt Paula with a foot over the border into East Germany |
East German soldiers watching us through binoculars |
Grenzübergang Selmsdorf (near Lübeck) |
Crossing the East German Border at Selmsdorf to visit family in Schwerin & Crivitz |
Entry and Exit Visas for the German Democratic Republic, 1987 |
Schwerin, 1987 |
Line at the Imbiss stand - typical of the DDR |
Schwerin, DDR - Easter Sunday |
Schwerin Castle, 1987 |
East German parking lot - dozens of Trabants and 1 West German BMW |
There was waiting list of many years for East Germans to purchase a Trabant |
Silver Anniversary, Schwerin, 1987 |
Brandenburg Gate seen from the west across the Berlin Wall |
A section of Berlin Wall seen from inside the Reichstag |
Berlin Wall - 1987, British Sector |
Berlin Wall with the killing zone |
Allied Checkpoint Charlie, 1987 |
Reflection of the Berliner Dom in the Palast der Republik |
Palast der Republik, 1987 - now demolished |
Palast der Republik, Berlin - Hauptstadt der DDR |
Coaster and coat-check, Palast der Republik |
East German soldier in front of the Neue Wache |
Neue Wache, Unter den Linden |
They said the tower leans towards the west |
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DDR stamp - 750 Jahre Berlin |
East German postcard - Berlin Hauptstadt der DDR |
DDR Postmark and stamps |
Part of the Berlin Wall from the West German S-Bahn |
Watch Tower - Berlin Wall |
Crossing the Wall by S-Bahn, 1987 |
Berlin Wall - 11 November 1989 |
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, 13 Nov 1989 - stuck in a traffic jam on the autobahn crossing (Hof) |
DDR Plate 1.jpg |
DDR Plate 2.jpg |
DDR Plate Detail.jpg |
West German 5 Deutsche Mark note and East German 5 Mark note |