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The demarcation line between East and West Berlin before the Wall was built in 1961.
The signboard reads: "Beginning of the Democratic Sector of Berlin".
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The demarcation line between East and West Berlin before the Wall was built in 1...

Berlin before the wall was built:Berliners hang their  
washing between ruins and the few remaining trees.     
East-Berlin art students draw ruins near Petri-Kirche. 
Berlin-East,1955
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Berlin before the wall was built:Berliners hang their washing between ruins an...

Berlin before the wall was built:A fisherman sits on   
one of the many canals that criss-cross the old part   
of town.Center:"Jungfernbruecke",Berlin's last         
drawbridge.Berlin-East,1955
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Berlin before the wall was built:A fisherman sits on one of the many canals t...

Berlin before the wall was built:A fisherman sits on   
one of the many canals that criss-cross the old part   
of town.Center:"Jungfernbruecke",Berlin's last         
drawbridge.Berlin-East,1955
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Berlin before the wall was built:A fisherman sits on one of the many canals t...

Berlin before the wall was built: Stalinallee, almost two miles long, East-Berlin's Soviet-style boulevard.   
Berlin-East, 1955
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Berlin before the wall was built: Stalinallee, almost two miles long, East-Berli...

Two old friends meet in Dresden,East-Germany,1955.
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Two old friends meet in Dresden,East-Germany,1955.

Waiting for the next race at Marienfelde-race track,   
East Berlin, 1958.
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Waiting for the next race at Marienfelde-race track, East Berlin, 1958.

Four elderly gentlemen wait for the next race to begin.
Mariendorf race-track.
Berlin-East, 1958.
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Four elderly gentlemen wait for the next race to begin. Mariendorf race-track....

Window-shopping in East Germany: the refrigerator is not 
for sale.
Berlin, 1958
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Window-shopping in East Germany: the refrigerator is not for sale. Berlin, 19...

A beer-hall in East Berlin, 1958
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A beer-hall in East Berlin, 1958

A beer-hall in East Berlin, 1958
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A beer-hall in East Berlin, 1958

An East-Berlin family around the table. Above the piano, a picture of Walter Ulbricht, Secretary of the SED, the German Communist Party. Berlin-East, 1958
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An East-Berlin family around the table. Above the piano, a picture of Walter Ulb...