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Life in East Germany in photos

EAST Germany came into being in 1949. It was the communist German Democratic Republic. In 1961, the Berlin Wall split the city between East and West Germany. In 1968, the East German constitution stated that unification was impossible until the West became socialist. In 1990, Germany was reunified. The West had won the Cold War. What was life like back then behind the Iron Curtain in East Germany? These photos present a compelling picture:

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Thousands of East Berliners demonstrated near East Berlin’s Humbold University against the U.S. arms blockade of Cuba in Berlin on Oct. 25, 1962. Marching crowd with sign reading “Hands off Cuba.” (AP Photo/Peter Hillebrecht)

 

Posted: 2nd, November 2012 | In: Flashback | Comment