GDR border soldier on Glienicke Bridge
A GDR border soldier stands in front of a broken lattice fence on the Eastern part of Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam on the 10th of March in 1988, after three GDR citizens had escaped to the West by breaking through the border with a truck. Glienicke Bridge between Berlin and Potsdam was known world-wide as symbol for the East-West confrontation. During the Cold War, the two hostile blocs exchanged arrested spies several times at the juncture of West Berlin and the GDR
Picture No
11018088
Media ID
45262128
Size
5086px x 3668px
(2.8MB)
Credit
DPA
Date
1988
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