Search in our online archive for historical pictures of the GDR history and politics, everyday life in the GDR, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification period!

2015年8月2日 · Today however, decades after the wall’s 1989 demolition, photographers from behind the Iron Curtain have been able to disseminate, via the Internet, images of this “closed” life in the East to the public, giving us visual insights into the many differences — and similarities, at least superficially — between East German and Western life:

Our latest captured press photos from the GDR Our online archive is regularly updated. That is why you will always find here a new, interesting selection of press photos from the former GDR and the new federal states.

2019年11月9日 · In August 1961, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began erecting a barrier to prevent East Berliners and other Eastern-bloc citizens from fleeing into …

Photos: the socialist ordinary weekday in the GDR • traffic, streets and cars in East Berlin • the avenue Unter den Linden in East Berlin, 1960 • East Berlin in the 50ies, the Strausberger square, Stalinallee • outskirts of the city of Berlin, 1950 • textiles in an department store, 1963 • children in a holiday camp, summer 1958

Find photos about 'East Germany' in the GDR image archive.

2019年11月7日 · A new collection of images, first shown at the 2019 Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in the south of France by curator Sonia Voss, shines a light on the works …

The Federal Archives’ pictorial holdings begin with early depictions from the 17th century. The first photographs date back to 1860. The collection focuses on pictorial documents relating to events and people from the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, …

2025年3月7日 · Our collection of rare historical photographs from the former German Democratic Republic (DDR) contains a carefully curated selection of images from the DDR photo archive, which contains tens of thousands of unique and fascinating photographs.

2025年3月28日 · Thousands of unique GDR images in our GDR image archive. Historical GDR photos for direct use. The images from the German Democratic Republic show political and social life, but also landscapes and architecture, cities, regions and landmarks. GDR Image Archive.