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Borderline between East and West Germany (Bernd Melzer) Bernd Melzer used to be an officer in the Federal Border Guard, Bundesgrenzschutz, of West Germany 1969-81. His task was to patrol on the border along the river Elbe and on the land. He offered some of his private photos which he took in the borderarea. |
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1. A man of the Federal Border Guard patrols on the border. On the right side stands a post put by the East German borderguard. 2. A man of the Federal Border Guard patrols on the border. There should have been a path through the border. 3. A man of the Federal Border Guard patrols on the border. A postsign of East Germany can be seen. 4. Two East German borderguards are standing to watch the border with a searchlight. 5. Some layers of barbed wires which were built by the eastern side. |
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6. Border area by the Elbe. There are many watch tower "BT11" along the river Elbe. 7. Border area by the Elbe. There was an old type of watch tower built of wood. 8. Border area by the Elbe. 9. Border area by the Elbe. 10. Border area by the Elbe. In Dömitz the GDR border troop was equiped with boots. They patrol daytaime and anchor on the eastern side of the river at night to watch so that nobody will cross the border. |
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11. "Warning landmines" Soldiers of the GDR border troop in protection suits search old mines with long stocks. 12. "Warning landmines" When old mines are found, they are blown up and new mines are set on the ground later. 13. When the old mines are blown up and the border has no mine, an extra wood tower is built and some guards watch the border area. 14. The operation of the old mines blowing up. Black smoke can be seen in the middle of the photo. |
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15. Soldiers of the Federal Border Guard stand on the western side of a broken bridg to Dömitz, GDR 16. The helicopter BELL UH 1D. When the road condition is bad in winter, they often patrol by the helicopter. 17. The Federal Border Guard is sent to Bonn for security of the capital when FGR accept a visit of L. Breschnew from the Soviet Union as a state guest. 18. A team of the Federal Border Guard and personnel carriers. 19. A team of the Federal Border Guard and personnel carriers. 20. Personnel carriers of the Federal Border Guard. |
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After the Wall came down (Kimio Kobayashi) A japanese businessman, Kimio Kobayashi, visited Berlin 1990 and took some pictures of the Wall near the Checkpoint Charlie and the Potsdam Square after one year of its fall down. |
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1. A Wall-picker. 2. A Wall-picker. 3. A Wall-picker. 4. The ruins of the Wall. 5. A piece of the Wall is sold by one Mark. 6. Pieces of the Wall are for sale. 7. Kimio, standing besides the Wall, and an East German made car, Trabant, drives through. |
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The Wall before and after its collapse (Florian Bortfeldt) Florian Bortfeldt is evangelical pastor and has since 1984 some friends in East Germany because of his religeous connection. He is interested in the border that devided the german people. At the moment when there was the Wall he began to take pictures of the Wall. Today it is his hobby to trace the ex-borderline. |
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1. A photo of the Wall which he took in the eastern side of Berlin. It was a taboo to take a picture of the Wall in East Germany and because an agent of the police could watch anywhere, he took it in a car. (Mühlen Str., Friedrichshain, April 1985) 2. Same place, 1993, after the Wall fell down. This part of the segments are now called "Eastside gallery" and is one of the most popular spots tourists often visit. 3. Brandenburg Gate ,taken in the eastern side of Berlin. (April, 1986) 4. Brandenburg Gate ,taken in the western side of Berlin. (Mai, 1983) 5. Potsdam Square. Barricades were set by the Boder Troop of East Germany so that nobody could escape by car. (May, 1983) 6. Potsdam Square. It is unbelievable that this place used to be one of the busiest square in the 1930s. (May, 1983) 7. Potsdam Square, after the Wall came down. (November, 2000) |
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8. The Wall behind the "Haus of the Imperial Parlament." (October, 1987) 9. The Wall behind the "Haus of the Imperial Parlament." Concrete segments of the fourth generation is 3.6 meter high which is twice bigger than people. (October, 1987) 10. Metal fence on the rails. The traffic of this "S-Bahn" line has been stopped since long time, the trees grew. (Zehlendorf, October, 1988) 11. Same spot. 12. Steinstücken, A district located in southwest of Berlin. (Zehlendorf, October, 1988) 13. A photo of the same place taken after the Wall fell down. The street is identical, but whole the scenery seems to be quite another without the Wall. (November, 2000) 14. "No-man's-land" in Steinstücken. (October, 1988) 15. Same place, taken after the collapse of the Wall (November, 2000). A new street has been built, but the house over there stays unchanged. 16. The S-Bahn track in which the border ran. There are some segments left. (Wedding und Prenzlauerberg, July, 1990) 17. Column track behind the Wall. Once the Wall came down, it provides the citizens a place for walking. (July, 1990) 18. Propaganda signs in East Germany. (near Dresden, April, 1985) 19. A propaganda sign. "The heros of the Soviet Army would never be forgottn." (near Dresden, April, 1985) |