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IMAGO History, 75 years of the Basic Law, cornerstones of German history, construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961

May 23, 2024

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  • Schülergruppe am Stacheldrahtzaun Eine Schülergruppe am Stacheldrahtzaun an der innerdeutschen Grenze in Berlin, Deutschland 1961., Berlin Copyright: Kindermann Nur redaktionelle Nutzung. Editorial usage only. KIN_7402001019 EDITORIAL USE ONLY
  • Mitten durch die Hauptstadt Deutschlands Original-Bildunterschrift: Mitten durch die Hauptstadt Deutschlands führt die Grenze der beiden Machtblöcke Ost und West - Mit Betonmauern, Stacheldraht und Bajonetten der Volkspolizei wächst die Mauer zwischen Ost und West, und zwar nicht nur in der Chausseestrasse in Berlin, Deutschland 1961., Berlin Copyright: Kindermann Nur redaktionelle Nutzung. Editorial usage only. KIN_7402001007 EDITORIAL USE ONLY
  • Eine junge Mutter schaut über die Mauer Eine junge Mutter, dahinter ihr Kind in seinem Kinderwagen, schaut über die Mauer in der Bernauer Strasse in den Ostsektor von Berlin, Deutschland 1961., Berlin Copyright: Kindermann Nur redaktionelle Nutzung. Editorial usage only. KIN_7402001005 EDITORIAL USE ONLY
  • Soldaten am Potsdamer Platz Eine Gruppe sowjetischer Soldaten patroulliert am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Deutschland 1961., Berlin Copyright: Kindermann Nur redaktionelle Nutzung. Editorial usage only. KIN_7402001003 EDITORIAL USE ONLY
  • 11 22 1961 - Aerial view Berlin Wall - Brandenburg Gate 1062_05_M_-13388-
  • 11 22 1961 - Aerial view Berlin Wall - Brandenburg Gate 1062_05_M_-13385-
  • Banner Says Whoever Attacks Us Will Be Destroyed . Example of an East German Confrontational Propaganda Banner Produced By the Volksarmee and Volkspolizei 1062_05_M_-13383-
  • 10 20 1961 - Strassenbahn Underground at Klemkestrasse. Single Family Houses Houses Had Been Destroyed and Demolished 1062_05_M_-13374-
  • 10 10 1961 - Directly Located at the Border, a House Is Being Destroyed, Tuesday Oct. 10 1062_05_M_-13192-
  • 8 13 1961 - This Is What It Looked Like In Berlin This Morning After the Soviets Announced a Decree In Their Zone 1062_05_M_-13191-
  • 12 4 1961 - Behind a Thick Barrier of Military Equipped Volksarmy the Volkspolice and Construction Workers Erect a Tank Barrier at the Border Crossing Friedrichstrasse 1062_05_M_-13188-
  • 10 3 1961 - The Windows Up to the 4th Level of the Evacuated Houses at Bernauer Strasse Are Cemented Shut Under Supervision of the Volkspolizei 1062_05_M_-13182-
  • Berlin wall reinforced. Under the watchful eye of Communist police, East german workers near the Brandenburg Gate reinforce the wall dividing the city. Since erecting the wall on August 13, 1961, to stop the flow of East Germans into West Berlin, the East German Communists have added bunkers, spotlights and firing and observation posts. 1062_05_M_-12888-
  • August 1961 - East German Troops and Police Group Together Behind The Wall Built By The Communists to Seal Off East Berlin From The Western Part of the City 1062_05_M_-12882-
  • 12 8 1961 - Friedrichstrasse. Understanding is Lowercase in the Soviet Zone Regime. at The Vopos Border Crossing It Triggered A Debate, and After Some Time A Vopos Climbed Up The Ladder and Made With White Paint From The Small V Is A Big V 1062_05_M_-12875-
  • October 1961 - Young Soldiers, Most of Them In Their Teens, Line Up for Roll Call Before Commencing Their Day s Work Clearing Death Strip 1062_05_M_-12873-
  • Berlin, October 1961. - Beginning August 23, when the East German police closed all but seven of the crossing points between the two parts of this city and limited access for allied personnel to Friedrich Strasse, the Communists attempted to limit the entry of Americans into the Soviet Sector. This campaign reached a climax in late October, when the People s Police insisted upon identification of persons entering East Berlin in official American cars. The Americans, under instructions from their government, refused to identify themselves. As a demonstration of the right of access to East Berlin the U.S. Army on October 26 escorted an American car past the communist police lines at Friedrich Strasse. The police permitted the car to pass w 1062_05_M_-12870-
  • 5 14 1961 - East German Army Trucks Line Up to Move Furniture Out of Houses Along Bernauer Strasse in Berlin 1062_05_M_-12867-
  • August 1961 - East German Infantrymen Line Up In Close Ranks to Seal Off Berlin s Key Border Crossing Point, the Brandenburg Gate 1062_05_M_-12861-
  • October 1961 - Watch Guard Near Heinrich-Heine-Strasse, Oct, 1961 1062_05_M_-12860-
  • 12 3 1961 - Volkspolizei Closing Down Train Tracks After 25 People Escaped Two Days Earlier 1062_16_M_-13369-
  • 10 10 1961 - Directly Located at the Border, a House Is Being Destroyed, Tuesday Oct. 10 1062_05_M_-13192-
  • August 1961 - Standing Like A Forlorn Symbol of Repression, This Teen-Aged East German Soldier Stand Guard By The Closed Border 1062_05_M_-12908-
  • Berlin wall reinforced. Under the watchful eye of Communist police, East german workers near the Brandenburg Gate reinforce the wall dividing the city. Since erecting the wall on August 13, 1961, to stop the flow of East Germans into West Berlin, the East German Communists have added bunkers, spotlights and firing and observation posts. 1062_05_M_-12888-
  • Here, on the Line Between the Outskirts of West Berlin (Left) and East Germany, the Communists Are Clearing a 100 Meter (330 Foot) Strip. In Distant Background is an East German Watchtower, from Which Armed Guards Cover the Border Area 1062_05_M_-12883-
  • Death Strip Although He Resembles A Farmer Sowing Seed, This East German Workman Is Sprinkling Chemicals to Kill Weeds in the Death Strip Along The Communist Built Wall In East Berlin 1062_05_M_-12880-
  • Building the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin, Germany 1961 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives023520
  • Aug. 13, 1976 - 13-8-1976: 15 years ago the Berlin Wall was built â€âÄœ For 15 years, the Berlin Wall which has become a symbol for the separation of East and West, exists. On August 13th, 1961, building commandos of the National Peopleâ€⠢s Army of the German Democratic Republic started the erection of the 3,50 meters high wall (picture)which separated the East sector from the other part of the city. - ZUMAk09
  • Oct. 10, 1961 - The words of Ulbricht: This poster, put up on the Western side of the border between East and West Berlin, shows who much one may believe the words of Ulbricht, the leading man of the Soviet zone of Germany. The words (rough translation as follows) were said by Ulbricht on June 15th, 1961 at an international press conference in East Berlin as answer to a question put to him by one of the journalists: I understand your question in such a way that there are people in West Germany who wish that we will mobilize the masons (and workmen on buildings) of the capital of the DDR (German Democratic Republic, official title in East Germany for the Soviet Zone), to erect a wall. It is not known to me that there exists such an intention. The workmen on buildings are mainly busy with building flats and they are fully occupied with this. Nobody has the intention of erecting a wall - ZUMAk09
  • 10 SEPTEMBER 1961 VIEW OF BROKEN CONCRETE BLOCKS FROM THE BERLIN WALL AFTER THREE MEN IN A SIX TON TRUCK BLASTED THROUGH TO FREEDOM FROM EAST TO WEST BERLIN, GERMANY. UnitedArchives00124380
  • East German Peoples Police are seen reinforcing the barbed wire barrier between the Soviet and French zones of Berlin. Heavy concrete slabs are being erected to wall off East Berlin from the western sectors. 15th August 1961 UnitedArchives00106699
  • Berliner Mauer an der Bernauer Straße - Westberliner und Ostberliner schauen sich über die Mauer hinweg an
  • Berliner Mauer vor der Versöhnungskirche an der Bernauer Straße
  • Winkende Zuschauer im Grenzgebiet an der Bernauer Straße - Berlin
  • Berliner Mauer an der Markgrafenstraße
  • Grenzposten am Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin
  • Grenzposten am Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin
  • Grenzposten an der Bernauer Straße Wolliner Straße in Berlin
  • Fin du Secteur Francais - Schild vor der Berliner Mauer an der Strelitzer Straße