Peter Marlow WEST GERMANY. The Berlin Wall was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcate (...)
d the border between East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe. The wall separated East Germany from West Germany for more than 25 years, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until it was opened on November 9th, 1989. A view of the Wall which seperated two of Berlin's most historic buildings, the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. 1980. © Peter Marlow | Magnum Photos
Peter Marlow WEST GERMANY. The Berlin Wall was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcate (...)
d the border between East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe. The wall separated East Germany from West Germany for more than 25 years, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until it was opened on November 9th, 1989. East German border guards. 1980. © Peter Marlow | Magnum Photos
Peter Marlow The Berlin Wall was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcated the border b (...)
etween East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe. The wall separated East Germany from West Germany for more than 25 years, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until it was opened on November 9th, 1989. A view of a community divided by the two walls and the no-mans land in between. West Germany. 1980. © Peter Marlow | Magnum Photos
Peter Marlow The Berlin Wall was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (East Germany), including East Berlin. The longer inner German border demarcated the border b (...)
etween East and West Germany. Both borders came to symbolize the Iron Curtain between Western and Eastern Europe. The wall separated East Germany from West Germany for more than 25 years, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961 until it was opened on November 9th, 1989. East German border guards replacing land mines in no man's land. West Germany. 1980. © Peter Marlow | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon GERMANY. Berlin.
Throughout East Germany, tens of thousands of East Germans resumed marches, demanding free speech, free elections, and the abolition of the Communist Party's leading role in socie (...)
ty. Many of the protesters denounced Egon Krenz, the leader of the Communist Party, as unfit to steer the country toward a more liberal and open society. In East Berlin the protesters marched to the parliament, waving placards that called for free elections and the abolition of repressive security. The Communist leaders feared that the abandonment of socialist principles would quickly lead to the absorption of the country into West Germany. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon Throughout East Germany, tens of thousands of East Germans resumed marches, demanding free speech, free elections, and the abolition of the Communist Party's leading role in society. Many of the pr (...)
otesters denounced Egon Krenz, the leader of the Communist Party, as unfit to steer the country toward a more liberal and open society. In East Berlin the protesters marched to the parliament, waving placards that called for free elections and the abolition of repressive security. The Communist leaders feared that the abandonment of socialist principles would quickly lead to the absorption of the country into West Germany. Berlin. Germany. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos