Cold War Remembered by junge1
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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.
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Comments (38)
Miska7
Very nice image and information! Great shot.
Bonisolli
Great capture!
sandra46
superb shot (;-D), sorry about the pun, maybe I shoud say photo here!
danapommet
History has so many bad memories through all of time. Super capture Sig. Dana
Buffalo1
Cool pic. I'll bet that these towers are all gone and "no man's land" has become valuable real estate. Walls around countries are much better at keeping people in than keeping them out.
Minda
another excellent capture sig!!
dragonmuse
An interesting, if somewhat sad, bit of history.
debbielove
I was just reading a book about the Berlin Air Lift.. My friend.. Excellent photo.. Many thanks! Rob