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Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pumpe" ("Black Pump").Some 65.000 people were supposed to move in within two years and all new houses were prefab.The factory where parts of the prefab houses are produced.Hoyerswerda,1959.
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Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pu...

Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pumpe" ("Black Pump").Some 65.000 people were supposed to move in within two years and all new houses were prefab.The factory where parts of the prefab houses are produced.Hoyerswerda,1959.
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Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pu...

Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pumpe" ("Black Pump").Some 65.000 people were supposed to move in within two years and all new houses were prefab.The factory where parts of the prefab houses are produced.Hoyerswerda,1959.
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Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pu...

Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pumpe" ("Black Pump").Some 65.000 people were supposed to move in within two years and all new houses were prefab. Hoyerswerda,1959
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Hoyerswerda in the GDR is a new town,built around the power station "Schwarze Pu...

A salesman praising his patented cleaning fluid, Leipzig,1959.
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A salesman praising his patented cleaning fluid, Leipzig,1959.

Young men clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considered voluntary, but whoever wanted an apartment had to show that he had worked a minimum of 1.000 hours for the NAW, the National Reconstruction Work. Magdeburg, East Germany, 1959.
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Young men clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considered volunta...

Young men and women clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considered voluntry,but whoever wanted an apartment had to show that he had worked a minimum of 1.000 hours for the NAW,the National Reconstruction Work.Magdeburg,East-Germany,1959.
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Young men and women clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually con...

Young women clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considered voluntry,but whoever wanted an apartment had to show that he had worked a minimum of 1.000 hours for the NAW,the National Reconstruction Work.Magdeburg,East-Germany,1959.
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Young women clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considere...

Young men clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considered voluntry,but whoever wanted an apartment had to show that he had worked a minimum of 1.000 hours for the NAW,the National Reconstruction Work.Magdeburg,East-Germany,1959.
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Young men clearing rubble in Magdeburg. Such work was usually considered voluntr...

Dresden shop window with the ruins of Dreden Castle reflected. Poster says "Our plan: real humanity".
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Dresden shop window with the ruins of Dreden Castle reflected. Poster says "Our...

Prefab-houses are put up in Hoyerswerda,a new industrial town built around the power station "Schwarze Pumpe" - Black Pump. East-Germany,1959.
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Prefab-houses are put up in Hoyerswerda,a new industrial town built around the p...

Dining room at the Hotel Astoria,Leipzig,GDR.As elegant as any West-European hotel,the Astoria's dining room is decorated with large paintings contrasting poor workers and rich idlers.
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Dining room at the Hotel Astoria,Leipzig,GDR.As elegant as any West-European hot...