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)
impressive photo!! Sandra and I were in East Berlin in 1969, and we took some photos. I'll try to dig them out
Great photo!
Les tours de la Honte :) Great idea!
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.
Fantastic shot and story behind it! Excellent work!
Fantastic capture..Thanks for sharing this photo! :)
wow..that would be unnerving!!
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????
Cool, yet freaky.
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.
Glad I wasn't there. Actually, I had moved to Hawaii a few years before that. Thanks for the well wishes Sig. Aloha
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
Beautiful work!
Beautiful work...
Nice photo
fantastic sig!
That IS kind of creepy to think about, that he was looking back at you. Great image of days (thankfully) gone by!
yeah they did not f.. around the buggers.but then the whole people where indoctrinated.
~Great~ Shot & so Evocative... FABULOUS!!!
Wonderful and scary capture my friend.
excellent shot and Info my Friend
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)
Nice capture erland
v. nice shot!
the wall must have been terrifying to those seeking freedom
interesting info . .great shot
Excellent reminder and capture.
Interesting photo! :)
so war es! Interessantes Foto!
wonder how they looked. cool shot