The Berlin Wall

[Sempai]

No need to/for excuse! Even east germans sometimes err here. East is east and East Germany was only the West Extension of the USSR.

Greetings

 

[Louis]

Citizens of West Berlin show children to their grandparents who reside on the Eastern side, 1961.

 

[Louis]

Then & now
Autumn 1989: Pariser Platz by the Brandenburg Gate is sealed off.

 

[Sempai]

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!

Greetings

 

[Louis]

Two men open a hollow metal drum used by three west german men to bring their girlfriends over the border from East Berlin, 1965.

 

[Louis]

1970

 

[Louis]

People in West Berlin

 

[Louis]

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.

 

[Louis]

Photo taken from apartment window in 1961 during the Berlin wall construction.

 

[Louis]

Then/Now
June 26, 1963, JFK looks across the Berlin Wall into East Germany during his visit.

 

[Louis]

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.

 

[Louis]

Charlie checkpoint

 

[Louis]

A german east guard returns a ball over the wall, June 1962.

 

[Sempai]

What for a type of car is that in the black and white pictore of Checkpoint Charlie? It looks like a russian Wolga but I can´t imagine US GIs driving a russian car to this time.

Greetings

 

[Unknown]

@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

 

[Sempai]

Aha, danke Dir, Shorker! Hätte mich auch stark gewundert, wenns ein GAZ-Wolga gewesen äre.

Grüße

 

[Unknown]

You're welcome, matey! (Gern geschehen!)

 

[Louis]

Nov, 1961.

 

[Louis]

26 June 1963, JFK visits Checkpoint Charlie.

 

[Louis]

1961, East German drivers queue at the Schirnding border crossing into Czechoslovakia five days before the fall of the Berlin.