EditorialAircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Berlin by the Russians in the late 1940s, in the so-called Berlin Airlift. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialAircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Berlin by the Russians in the late 1940s, in the so-called Berlin Airlift. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East-and West-Berlin: Posters with images of leading Communists and of Karl Marx are carried across " Unter den Linden", main street of Berlin-East,1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East-and West-Berlin. Willy Brandt, mayor of West-Berlin, speaking. In the background the war-damaged " Reichstag", the former German parliament. Berlin-West,1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East- and West-Berlin,1959. East-Berlin:Hitler,cooking in a German WW-II steel- helmet and a devil stoking the fire,on a float in the May-1st parade.Berlin-East,1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in West-Berlin: Walter Reuther, US tradeunion-leader and President of the CIO, speaks to Berlin crowds from the grandstand.
EditorialThe nightclub " Eggshell" in West-Berlin, where young people from both West and East met. A Coca-Cola cost four East-Mark, a large sum for East-Berliners, but the whiff of freedom and Western luxury seemed to make it worth while. Berlin-West,...
EditorialBerlin before the wall was built: the burnt-out shell of the Reichstag, the former German parliament. Although in the British sector, the Reichstag and the wasteland around were at the edge of the border between East and West. Berlin-West,1955.
EditorialMourning for Lord Mayor of Berlin Ernst Reuter: A delegation of Berlin Boyscouts with their pennants. Reuter was mayor during the crisis of the Berlin Blockade in 1948. He died in 1953. West-Berlin,1953.
EditorialAircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Berlin by the Russians in the late 1940s, in the so-called Berlin Airlift. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany.
EditorialAircraft provisioning the allies during the siege of West Berlin by the Russians in the late 1940s, in the so-called Berlin Airlift. Allied Museum. Berlin. Germany.
Editorial" Berlin remains free" -surrounded on all sides by Communist East Germany, West-Berlin proclaims its firm will to remain within the Western orbit. May 1st parade, West-Berlin, 1959.
EditorialMonument in memory of the Berlin airlift, 1948-49, in which the Western Allies flew provisions into West Berlin. The Soviet Union had blocked all access to Berlin (surrounded by Soviet-occupied East Germany), when the West German Mark became currency i...
EditorialThe nightclub " Eggshell" in West-Berlin, where young people from both West and East met. A Coca-Cola cost four East-Mark, a large sum for East-Berliners, but the whiff of freedom and Western luxury seemed to make it worth while. Berlin-West,1958.
EditorialA West-Berlin fruitstall, only a few feet from the border between East and West, is much visited by East Berliners who buy exotic fruit like bananas. Berlin-West, 1958.
EditorialAn elderly lady takes a rest on the platform of a traffic policeman. The shop on the other side of the street announces a summer clearance sale. West Berlin, 1958.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East- and West-Berlin: Posters with images of leading Communists and of Karl Marx are carried across "Unter den Linden", main street of Berlin-East,1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East- and West-Berlin. Willy Brandt,mayor of West Berlin,speaking from a podium with Berlin's mascot and arms, a bear. Berlin-West,1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East-and West-Berlin. Willy Brandt, mayor of West-Berlin, speaking. In the background the war-damaged " Reichstag", the former German parliament. Berlin-West,1959.
Editorial" Berlin remains free" -surrounded on all sides by Communist East Germany, West-Berlin proclaims its firm will to remain within the Western orbit. May 1st parade, West-Berlin, 1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in East- and West-Berlin,1959. East-Berlin:Hitler,cooking in a German WW-II steel- helmet and a devil stoking the fire,on a float in the May-1st parade.Berlin-East,1959.
EditorialMay 1st celebrations in West-Berlin: Walter Reuther, US tradeunion-leader and President of the CIO, speaks to Berlin crowds from the grandstand.
EditorialBerlin before the wall was built: the burnt-out shell of the Reichstag, the former German parliament. Although in the British sector, the Reichstag and the wasteland around were at the edge of the border between East and West. Berlin-West,1955.
EditorialBerlin before the wall was built: the burnt-out shell of the Reichstag, the former German parliament. Although in the British sector, the Reichstag and the wasteland around were on the border between East and West. Berlin-West, 1955.
EditorialKurfuerstendamm in West-Berlin, the famous Kranzler-coffeehouse. A little elegance returns to West-Berlin. In the background the burnt out ruin of Kaiser-Wilhelm- Gedaechtniskirche, left standing as a memento to wartime destruction. Berlin-West...
EditorialThe demarcation line between East and West Berlin before the Wall was built in 1961. The signboard reads: "Beginning of the Democratic Sector of Berlin".
EditorialMourning for Lord Mayor of Berlin Ernst Reuter: A delegation of Berlin Boyscouts with their pennants. Reuter was mayor during the crisis of the Berlin Blockade in 1948. He died in 1953. West-Berlin,1953.
EditorialBrandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), before 1989, with the Wall still blocking the passage to West Berlin. Classicist city gate (1788-1791), five thoroughfares between Doric columns. Quadriga with Goddess of Victory by Schadow.