The Berlin Wall
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Citizens of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961.
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Autumn 1989: Pariser Platz by the Brandenburg Gate is sealed off.
Autumn 1989: Pariser Platz by the Brandenburg Gate is sealed off.
A shame how the place was disfigured! 
Some longer time ago I had to drive past it every day. I got always very sad to see historical places abused. And it´s no single case here. No respect by architects and politicians! May they rot in hell!
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Some longer time ago I had to drive past it every day. I got always very sad to see historical places abused. And it´s no single case here. No respect by architects and politicians! May they rot in hell!Greetings
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Two men open a hollow metal drum used by three west german men to bring their girlfriends over the border from East Berlin, 1965.
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May 26, 1962. Construction workers repair part of the wall under the surveillance of the border police, due to a bomb attack shortly after midnight.
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Photo taken from apartment window in 1961 during the Berlin wall construction.
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June 26, 1963, JFK looks across the Berlin Wall into East Germany during his visit.
June 26, 1963, JFK looks across the Berlin Wall into East Germany during his visit.
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Dec 1963: Row of citizens of West Berlin waiting to receive their pass in order to spend christmas with their relatives living in East Berlin.
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Charlie checkpoint
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A german east guard returns a ball over the wall, June 1962.
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@Sempai It is a Ford Taunus 17M. You can google it in Google pictures (Google Bilder) "Ford Taunus 17m P3 Military Police"
and also this link seems to work fine, just click: Peter Weiser1000 × 702Bildersuche
You can google it in Google pictures (Google Bilder) "Ford Taunus 17m P3 Military Police"and also this link seems to work fine, just click: Peter Weiser1000 × 702Bildersuche
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You're welcome, matey! (Gern geschehen!)
(Gern geschehen!)
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26 June 1963, JFK visits Checkpoint Charlie.
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1961, East German drivers queue at the Schirnding border crossing into Czechoslovakia five days before the fall of the Berlin.
