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Exhibition Advertisement
Description
Postcard advertising Layman's exhibition on Cape Cod in 1994
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Manhole Cover: Made in GDR (Bernburg)
Description
This manhole cover bears the logo of the Eisenhammer Dresden Kokillenguß, or "ed ko" company.
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Daycare (Bernburg)
Description
Two daycare workers take children out for a walk. (former GDR)
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Castle Bernburg
Description
Bernburg Castle, a medieval castle dating back to the 10th century, now used as a museum, rises above the banks of the Saale river in former East Germany.
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Bernburg Library
Description
The sign reads "He who reads hears and looks more closely"
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Office
Description
The coat of arms of Bernburg can be seen in the stained glass windows of this office (Former GDR)
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Vendors at Checkpoint Charlie
Description
Checkpoint Charlie was the most famous Allied crossing point between East and West Berlin.
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Brandenburg Gate
Description
Visitors mill around vendor tables near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, undergoing restoration at the time.
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Restored Area (East Berlin)
Description
Largely destroyed by bombing in 1944, the buildings in the St. Nicholas quarter of former East Berlin were restored according to historical records, effectively erasing the physical evidence of WWII in this area.
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East Side Gallery, The Wall (Berlin)
Description
This mural by Alexey Taranin is part of the East Side Gallery, an open-air gallery in former East Berlin consisting of 105 murals painted on a remaining section of the Wall.
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East Side Gallery 2
Description
Dmitri Vrubel's mural depicting Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing, in the open-air gallery painted on a remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall.
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Pins
Description
A vendor sells pins and ribbons featuring insignias, several of which were worn by East German paratroopers.
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Wall Remnants
Description
A remaining section of the Berlin Wall, which anyone can now pass through freely.
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The Wall at Steinstücken (Berlin)
Description
A portion of the Berlin Wall surrounding Steinstücken, a tiny West Berlin exclave that used to be located in East Germany and was the site of several escape attempts by East German citizens.
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Boat Tour (East Berlin)
Description
The domes of the Berlin Cathedral peeking out from behind a row of trees
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Hot Dog (Berlin flea market)
Description
Lunch at a flea market in former East Berlin
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Two Family House (Dessau)
Description
This former East German city is home to the Bauhaus Museum.
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The Kurds Have No Oil (Potsdam)
Description
A handwritten banner in this city just outside Berlin (former GDR)
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No Man's Land - The Wall Near Steinstücken
Description
Remainders of the Berlin Wall at Steinstücken. (Former GDR)
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Griebnitzsee
Description
Griebnitzsee Station in Potsdam, former East Germany, was used as a border control point from 1952 to 1990.
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Potsdam City Gate
Description
Originally built in 1755, the Nauen Gate is one of three gates built around the city of Potsdam, just outside Berlin.
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Home of Hermann Boßdorf, 1877
Description
Author Hermann Boßdorf (1877-1921) wrote poems and dramas in the "Low German" dialect spoken mostly in Northern Germany.
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Stasi = Murderer (Steinstücken)
Description
This graffiti comments on crimes comitted by the Stasi, the former East German secret police.
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On the Ferry
Description
The operator of a small ferry crossing a river near Bernburg tends to his boat.
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