Spectacular Photos Show Life in East Germany From the 1970s in Vibrant Colors

#1 Uniformed couple flirting during a military air show in Magdeburg. Magdeburg, 1974.

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#2 The rear window of a “Trabbi” (Trabant) car with a decorative plastic cushion. East Berlin

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#3 Two men deliver brown coal to apartment blocks in Berlin / Prenzlauer Berg. East Berlin, 1974.

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#4 An outing of school children has ice cream in the town center. East Berlin, 1974.

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#5 A Soviet soldier takes in the view of the medieval town center from a church tower. Bautzen.

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#6 Rokoko house “Zum Kaffeebaum”, a historic cafe downtown. Leipzig.

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#7 Three women walking on the sidewalk in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz). East Germany, Karl Marx Stadt.

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#8 The medieval town center. Wernigerrode, Harz

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#9 A Free German Youth Organization band plays at a Lenin Statue in front of new concrete buildings. East Berlin, 1974.

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#10 A window of an orthopedic shop with patriotic decorations in Berlin Mitte. East Berlin, 1974.

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#11 A boy playing. Paintings on asphalt in a school yard. East Berlin, 1974.

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#12 Adolescents sitting at the fountain on Alexanderplatz. East Berlin.

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#13 Traditional Easter Riders of the Sorbic minority. Bautzen, 1974.

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#14 Traditional wedding procession of the Sorbic minority. Bautzen, 1974.

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#15 A weekend boat trip on a typical canal in the Spreewald region. LŸbbenau, 1974.

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#16 Weekenders alongside a typical canal in the Spreewald. LŸbbenau, 1974.

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#17 Store window in the district of Prenzlauer Berg. East Berlin, 1974.

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#18 Store window with GDR flag in the district of Prenzlauer Berg. East Berlin, 1974.

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#19 Street in the district of Prenzlauer Berg. East Berlin, 1974.

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#21 Celebrating 25 years of the GDR on the Karl-Marx-Allee. East Berlin, 1974.

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#22 People in the uniforms of “Betriebskampfgruppen” carrying red flags. East Berlin, 1974.

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#23 Rally held during the celebrations marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the German Democratic Republic (DDR). East Berlin, 1974.

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#24 The singer-songwriter and political activist Wolf Biermann. East Berlin, 1974.

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#25 Fountains in modern city center of Prager Strasse. Dresden.

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#26 Women lifting potatoes in a field near MÙhlhausen in Thuringia.

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#27 A family in their new apartment in Berlin-Weissensee. Berlin

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#28 Monument for Soviet Army and liberation of Germany in East Berlin in the district of Treptow. Berlin, 1974.

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#29 A group of visitors at Sanssouci castle and park in Potsdam.

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#30 Tourists in Sanssouci Park at the Chinese Tea House, Potsdam.

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#31 Half-timbered houses in the old town of Quedlinburg in the Harz mountains.

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#32 Actors in the cafeteria of “Berliner Ensenble,” formerly Berthold Brecht’s thateater, on Schiffbauer Damm. East Berlin, 1974.

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#33 New apartment blocks at Leipziger Strasse. East Berlin, 1974.

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#34 Young women dancing in a disco in Mecklenburg. East Germany, Mecklenburg, 1974.

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#35 Vacationers having lunch delivered in the woods close to the coast of the Baltic Sea and near the city of Binz, island RŸgen. Binz, GDR, 1974.

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#36 Vacationers in the woods on the shore of the Baltic Sea have lunch in a parking lot in front of their Trabant and Skoda cars. Ruegen, 1974.

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#37 Ruins left from World War II, with the insciption: “Never again War”. East Berlin, 1974

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#38 Nutcracker production is a traditonal cottage industry, especially for Christmas. Erzgebirge, 1974

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#39 Celebrations of 25 years of the German Democratic Republic (DDR). East Berlin, 1974

Gymnastic displays by members of FDJ (communist jouth organization) on Karl Marx Allee in front of a new housing project.

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#40 Start of the “Friedensfahrt” the annual peace-bicycle race on Karl Marx Allee. East Berlin, 1974

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#41 Lenin statue in front of new apartment blocks. East Berlin, 1974

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#42 A political billboard near a railway station reads: “Honored, Respected, Recognized – that’s our Republic.” ThŸringia, Weimar, 1974.

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#43 Parade of Volksarmee on Karl Marx Allee for May 1st celebrations. East Berlin, 1974

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#44 Celebrations of 25 years of DDR. East Berlin, 1974.

Russians bring an historic 1945 victory flag to Berlin and display it during a parade along Karl Marx Allee. The flag on the car is for the youth organization FDJ, Free German Youth.

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#45 School children in Greifswald.

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#46 Demonstration on First of May at Soviet monument. East Berlin, 1974

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#47 Pro-Soviet slogan on a factory wall near Halle.

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#48 Framework houses and cobblestone roads in an old town in the Harz mountains. Quedlinburg, 1974

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#49 The “Betriebskampftruppen” in East Berlin in the district of Treptow. East Berlin, 1974

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#50 A wall with torn posters of Ernst Thaelmann and an East German flag behind broken glass in the Prenzlauer Berg district, East Berlin, 1974

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#51 Proud parents carry a traditional candy bag on the first day of school for their in Berlin-Friedrichshain. East Berlin, 1974

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#52 Spectators betting on a horse race at the Hoppegarten trotting course. East Berlin, 1974

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#53 A store window of the Ministry of Culture’s Office of Events. East Berlin, 1974

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#54 An SED propaganda poster reads “Thank you Soviet soldiers” on an oak lined road near the Baltic Sea.

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#55 Tournament dancers are dressed up before a contest in Berlin-Guenheide. East Berlin, 1974

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#56 Waiting in queue for banana. Magdeburg 1971.

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#57 Shop window with poster: Welcome our sovier friends. It’s the year of VIII. East Berlin, 1971.

It's the year of VIII. Kommunist party congress. In this event, the old leader Ulbricht resigned by force by Breznhiev. The new leader is Honecker until the end of the DDR.

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#58 East-Berlin aerial photo heading Alexanderplatz, with TV-tower.

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#59 East-Berlin Karl-Marx Allee heading Alexanderplatz, with TV-tower

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#60 SED-Procession, probably the 25th anniversary of the SED party in 1971. Berlin.

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#61 Berlin with TV-tower.

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#62 Nightlight photo from TV-tower, Alexanderplatz and Karl-Marx Allee.

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