Erich und Leonid Ilyich, gemeinsam

    I took this in March or April of 1981, shortly before the 10th Party Congress in East Berlin.

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    1. Amtsleiter (73 months ago | reply)

      Incredible. I grew up just 10 minutes from there. Although today there is new tram line and much more traffic.

    2. Dead Slow (73 months ago | reply)

      Really ? Can you tell me what this intersection is ? I recall it's fairly close to Alexanderplatz, but I'm not sure anymore.

    3. Amtsleiter (73 months ago | reply)

      Of course. Today it is Mollstraße / Otto-Braun-Straße. The latter had a different name then. It was the Hans-Beimler-Straße. If you have more of these pictures please upload them. I am very interested in that period.

    4. Dead Slow (73 months ago | reply)

      Thanks Amtsleiter. I remember wondering who Hans Beimler was...

      I have a few from this era, I'll try and get them scanned.

    5. orwocolor (69 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful! What Film did you use? Orwo???
      Hans Beimler was a German communist who died near Madrid in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. After the war many streets, schools, factories etcetera were named after him in the GDR.

    6. Dead Slow (69 months ago | reply)

      Oh, thanks for the info about Hans Beimler, orwocolor. I think I used orwo once or twice. for the most part back then i was using tri-x , as I recall. this shot was clearly an exception.

    7. KaZiSch (69 months ago | reply)

      dieses hier ebenso :-)

    8. regisue350, ecadre, Nir Nussbaum, and suky12 added this photo to their favorites.

    9. LichtEinfall (67 months ago | reply)

      oh hätt' man nur eine Zeitmaschine .. und könnt nochmal dorthin zurück ... ( um Fotos zu schießen ..- mein ich ! )

    10. Padawan_1970 (66 months ago | reply)

      Cool, in der Ecke ist dieses Foto entstanden, von der anderen Straßenseite.
      www.flickr.com/photos/little_boy1970/35629290 2/in/photost...

    11. Dead Slow (66 months ago | reply)

      I love it when there are connections between randown photos, thanks for that link, Padawan.

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    13. shiphome (34 months ago | reply)

      The emptiness of these scenes just floors me...

    14. artissoft (30 months ago | reply)

      These photos make my head spin. In 1981 Vienna did not look so different than today. In Berlin everything has changed dramatically, the east as much as the west. Its a different city.

    15. geru68 [deleted] (30 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called D I E T R O F R O N T, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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