East German Visuals

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Ernst Thälmann monument in East Berlin, 1980s.

'Guarding peace and socialism' — Soviet poster celebrating 25 years of the Warsaw Pact, 1980.

East German border guards spraying water at West Berliners during the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.

Former command station at the Helmstedt-Marienborn border crossing, the main checkpoint between East and West Germany.

"Under the leadership of the SED, forward to new successes in the Karl Marx Year 1983!", propaganda board marking the 100th anniversary of Karl Marx's death, Thuringia, 1983.

Strausberger Platz in East Berlin, GDR, 1969.

Cover of Technikus, an East German youth science and technology magazine, 1982.

East Germany versus West Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. East Germany won 1-0.

Kiosk at Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof, 1980s.

Leninplatz, East Berlin, 1970s.

Workers canteen at a shipyard in Stralsund, 1984.

Halberstadt, 1980s.

Erich Honecker with cosmonauts Sigmund Jähn and Valery Bykovsky following their successful Soyuz 31 spaceflight, East Berlin, 1978.

East German border guards think twice about shaking hands with a West Berliner during the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.

Celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the GDR on Karl-Marx-Allee, East Berlin, 1974.

Strausberger Platz, East Berlin, 1969.

Matthias Hoch's photos of East German cities at dusk, 1987.

Soviet propaganda poster titled "No!" created by graphic artist Viktor Govorkov for the USSR's anti-alcohol campaign, 1954.

Once upon a time in Karl-Marx-Stadt

Removal of the Lenin monument from Berlin following German reunification, 1991.