Cold War Remembered by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Oct 27, 2009

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This East German guard tower was standing in Glienicke, Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR -East Germany) across the wall from Berlin-Frohnau. Frohnau is part of Bezirk (borough) Reinickendorf, one of two Bezirke that made up the French Sector of West Berlin. The West Berlin government put up a wooden platform near the wall that allowed people in West Berlin to look across the Niemandsland (no man's land) toward the tower. As I pointed my camera toward the tower, ready to take a picture, I saw that the East German guard who manned the tower was watching me through binoculars. Kind of unnerving. This picture was taken in July 1978 during U.S. President Jimmy Carter's visit to West Berlin. The picture was later scanned. Thank you for viewing, commenting, and favs, Sig...

Comments (38)

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flavia49

6:37PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

impressive photo!! Sandra and I were in East Berlin in 1969, and we took some photos. I'll try to dig them out

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shadownet

6:38PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Great photo!

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MagikUnicorn

6:40PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Les tours de la Honte :) Great idea!

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bmac62

6:41PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Imagine being an East German Guard at that time. They were probably under all kinds of dire threats if anybody violated no-man's land. Good view. Thanks for posting.

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Faemike55

6:41PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Fantastic shot and story behind it! Excellent work!

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annie5

6:46PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Fantastic capture..Thanks for sharing this photo! :)

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orig_buggy

7:00PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

wow..that would be unnerving!!

MrsLubner

7:01PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Everything about the Cold War was unnerving. A tense time for everyone of all ages. This is unnerving to me just looking at it. Too many things are remembered. But at least we are past all that now...right????

duncanoooo

7:03PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Cool, yet freaky.

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PSDuck

7:03PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Unnerving? I had a friend in 3rd Mech do the same as you, and got a machine gun pointed back at him! That was in the early '70s.

thevolunteer

7:07PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Glad I wasn't there. Actually, I had moved to Hawaii a few years before that. Thanks for the well wishes Sig. Aloha

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JuliSonne

7:22PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Dein Bild weckt Erinnerungen. Ich bin an dieser Grenze aufgewachsen und habe die Mauer gehaßt.Diese "Aussichts"Plattformen empfand ich als demütigend gegenüber den Menschen im "Osten". Es war, als ob man "Tiere im Zoo" betrachtet. Auf der anderen Seite waren diese Plattformen Orte, wo man Verwandte und Bekannte sehen konnte - wenn auch nur aus der Ferne. Es gibt viele Geschichten darüber. Dein Foto ist deutsch-deutsche Geschichte. Sehr gut. Danke. Herzliche Grüße aus Berlin JuliSonne

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Alex_Antonov

8:26PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Beautiful work!

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lizzibell

8:47PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Beautiful work...

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anitalee

9:08PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

Nice photo

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timtripp

9:33PM | Tue, 27 October 2009

fantastic sig!

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auntietk

12:17AM | Wed, 28 October 2009

That IS kind of creepy to think about, that he was looking back at you. Great image of days (thankfully) gone by!

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renecyberdoc

12:29AM | Wed, 28 October 2009

yeah they did not f.. around the buggers.but then the whole people where indoctrinated.

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Sylvia

12:34AM | Wed, 28 October 2009

~Great~ Shot & so Evocative... FABULOUS!!!

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kgb224

12:39AM | Wed, 28 October 2009

Wonderful and scary capture my friend.

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Umbetro38

1:35AM | Wed, 28 October 2009

excellent shot and Info my Friend

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bazza

1:40AM | Wed, 28 October 2009

Nice capture and freaky photo isn't it strange how they had to keep people in.. the people cant have been to indoctrinated or liked the system of government if they where wanted to leave.. they were prisoners in their own country.. Only ones that liked it were the top pigs that were more equal than other pigs (animal farm)

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