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Marching young pioneers in the GDR

Young pioneers marching. Members of the People's Police and a young pioneer behind a barricade.

Propaganda at a department store in the GDR, 1976

Reference to the economic cooperation in the context of the RGW at the department store "Konsument" in Bruehl.

Celebrations of May Day in the GDR, 1945-1959

Celebrations of May Day in the GDR, 1945-1959, politics, Germany 1949-1990

Celebrations of May Day in the GDR, 1945-1959

Celebrations of May Day in the GDR, 1945-1959, politics, Germany 1949-1990

Politics, 1956-1979

Politics, 1956-1979, Germany 1949-1990 GDR

Politics, 1956-1979

Politics, 1956-1979, Germany 1949-1990 GDR

Stand of the company Robotron at an industrial exhibition in the GDR

The slogan "The GDR is programmed correctly" on a banner behind the Robotron stand. The picture was taken at the exhibition "Kaempfer und Sieger" (Fighter and Winner) in East Berlin.

Residential area in the GDR

At the entrance to a residential complex the Free German Youth (FDJ) announces on a poster: "In the socialist competition in honor of the X. World Festival, young people compete in 42 youth projects for the title "Best Youth Collective" in the VEB BKW Jugend.

Students during a performance for the anniversary of the university

Students of the Karl Marx University during a performance for the 550th anniversary of the university on the Clara-Zetkin-Platz. In the background there is a banner with the inscription "For the science that serves socialism and peace".

Propaganda in der DDR

Dieses Wandbild des Freien Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes (FDGB) propagiert die Einhaltung der planwirtschaftlichen Ziele.

Propaganda-Plakat in der DDR

Mit dem Slogan 'Terminerfüllung durch Pflichterfüllung zur Planerfüllung' propagiert dieses Plakat die Einhaltung der in der DDR-Planwirtschaft gesetzten Termine und Ziele.

Registry office in Erfurt, 1978

A bride and groom in front of the registry office in Erfurt. Above the front door is the slogan "For Peace and Socialism".

A bride and groom in front of the register office in Erfurt. Above the front door the slogan "For Peace and Socialism".

Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, 1950

Fahnenschmuck und Transparente am Brandenburger Tor.

May Day rally on Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin, 1960

Military ceremonial at the military parade of the National People's Army (NVA) on May 1, 1960 on Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin [automated translation]

Parade on the 1st of May 1989

The GDR leadership during the parade on the 1st of May 1989 in Berlin.

Celebrations of May Day in the GDR, 1945-1959

Celebrations of May Day in the GDR, 1945-1959, politics, Germany 1949-1990

FDJ members at the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

10th World Festival of Youth and Students from July 28 to August 5, 1973, in East Berlin: opening in the Stadion der Weltjugend on July 28, 1973, the arrival of the delegation of the Soviet Young Communist League Komsomol with pictures of Erich Honecker and Leonid Brezhnev.

May Day rally on the Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin, 1960

Members of the Army Sports Club ASK Vorwaerts at the rally on May 1, 1960 with flags of the GDR and the GDR youth organization FDJ under an oversized state emblem of the GDR on the Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin.

FDJ march in honor of Ernst Thaelmann, 1951

FDJ rally through the city of East Berlin, which was destroyed by the war, commemorating the KPD leader Ernst Thaelmann, who was murdered in a concentration camp in 1944.

Combat Groups march on the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall in East Berlin, 1971

Parade of units of the SED Combat Groups on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall on the Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin, officially referred to as Combat Groups of the Working Class by the SED.

Combat Groups march on the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall in East Berlin, 1971

Demonstration on 01.05.1973 in East Berlin, 1973

Protest march on May 1, 1973 in East Berlin on the boulevard "Unter den Linden" with banners, flags and portraits of Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Demonstration on 01.05.1973 in East Berlin, 1973

Protest march on May 1, 1973 in East Berlin on the boulevard "Unter den Linden" with banners, flags and portraits of Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (SED).

Demonstration on 01.05.1973 in East Berlin, 1973

Protest march on May 1, 1973 in East Berlin on the boulevard "Unter den Linden" with a music group of the pioneer organization "Ernst Thaelmann".

FDJ members marching in the GDR, 1986

With blue shirt and rising sun - the state youth of the GDR are always well represented in marches by the FDJ. Here is a young woman with FDJ flag at a state demonstration.

Parade in the GDR

A member of the People's Police during a march on the occasion of the withdrawal of Soviet troops at Magdeburg.

Deployment to 1. May in ERfurt, 1966

Young pioneers by the march on First May in Erfurt.

Combat Groups of the Working Class in Heiligenstadt, 1980

Marching of a Combat Group of the Working Class in Heiligenstadt / Eichsfeld.

May Day event in Heiligenstadt, 1980

March in Heiligenstadt on the 1st of May in front of a portrait of Erich Honecker.

Combat Groups of the Working Class in Weimar, 1976

Deployment of Combat Groups of the Working Class, the "armed organs of the working class in the factories" in front of the Anna Amalia Library.

FDJ-Aufmarsch in Berlin-Ost 1953

Die als überparteilicher Jugendverband 1946 gegründete FDJ wurde letztlich zum Hilfstrupp der SED und aufgrund ihrer Monopolstellung immer einflußreicher und stärker. Unser Foto von 1953 zeigt einen der ersten großen FDJ-Aufmärsche in Berlin-Ost.

Young pioneers in East Berlin, 1972

Young pioneers during deployment.

Parade on the 40th anniversary of the GDR in East Berlin, 1989

Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (4th from the left), Polish State Council Chairman and President Wojciech Jaruzelski (6th from the left), Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (8th from the left), Secretary-General of the Central Committee of the CPSU and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, with GDR State Council Chairman Erich Honecker (9th from left) during the NVA parade on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the GDR on Alexanderplatz in East Berlin.

World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

The World Festival of Youth and Students between 28 July - 5 August, 1973 in East Berlin: brass band with a conductor under the Berlin TV Tower.

World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

World Festival of Youth and Students from 28 July to 5 August 1973 in East Berlin: young people from the GDR and foreign guests in front of the Neue Wache on Unter den Linden.

World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

The World Festival of Youth and Students between 28 July - 5 August, 1973 in East Berlin: brass band with a conductor on Alexanderplatz.

World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

The World Festival of Youth and Students between 28 July - 5 August, 1973 in East Berlin: young people from the GDR meet foreign guests.

World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

The World Festival of Youth and Students between 28 July - 5 August, 1973 in East Berlin: young people in front of the World Clock on Alexanderplatz

May Day Rally, 1959

Members of the premilitary Gesellschaft fuer Sport und Technik (GST), (English: Sport and Technology Association) and the army sports club ASK Vorwaerts at a rally on May 1, 1959 on the Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin.

May Day Rally, 1959

Members of the premilitary Gesellschaft fuer Sport und Technik (GST), (English: Sport and Technology Association) at the rally on May 1, 1959 on the Marx-Engels-Platz in East Berlin.

May rally in East Berlin, 1989

The last May rally Day in the GDR took place on May 1, 1989, at Karl-Marx-Allee in (East) Berlin. Here: The VIP stand with the representatives of the party and state leadership of the GDR.

May rally in East Berlin, 1989

The last May Day rally in the GDR took place on May 1, 1989, at Karl-Marx-Allee in (East) Berlin. Here: The VIP stand with the representatives of the party and state leadership of the GDR. In the middle Erich Honecker, on the left beside Honecker Willi Stoph, on the right beside Honecker at the microphone, Politburo member and Chairman of the Labor Union Harry Tisch. On the right next to the table, Politburo member Horst Sindermann.

May rally in East Berlin, 1989

The last May rally in the GDR took place on May 1, 1989, at Karl-Marx-Allee in (East) Berlin. Here: Commanders of the "Combat Groups of the Working Class" on the VIP stand of the leadership of the SED.

Rally on May Day in the GDR

Procession to Heiligenstadt on Eichsfeld on May 1, 1983 with portraits of Erich Honecker.

East German general election, 1990

Election campaign of the PDS at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin. On March 18, 1990 take place the first free elections to the People's Chamber in the GDR. Here, the participants of the rally during the speech of the chairman of the PDS, Gregor Gysi.

East German general election, 1990

Election campaign of the PDS at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin. On 18 March, 1990, the first free elections to the People's Chamber took place in the GDR. Here, participants of the rally during the speech of the chairman of the PDS, Gregor Gysi.

May Day protest in 1987

May Day demonstration in the Karl-Marx-Allee, tribune of the state and party leadership of the SED, with Egon Krenz and Stasi security guard (television camera), Germany, Berlin-Mitte, 01.05.1987.

May Day demonstration, 1987

Germany, Berlin, 1 May, 1987: Africans with a GDR flag at Karl-Marx-Allee. On the banner: "Bestarbeiter" ("The best worker").

Celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall in East Berlin, 1986

The VIP stand at the celebrations of the "25 years of the Berlin Wall". In the first row, the members of the SED Politburo, including Erich Honecker (on the left next to the lectern). In the foreground, soldiers of the NVA as part of a military parade.

Car workshop in the "Schwarze Pumpe" (Black Pump) power station, 1959

Automobile repair shop in the "Schwarze Pumpe" (Black Pump), a lignite-fired power station near Hoyerswerda. On the wall the GDR and the socialism is being touted, there are also badges of the FDJ, FDGB, 10 years of the GDR and the SED.

Rally with banners for the Vietnam War in East Berlin, 1966

Employees of the Radio Berlin International (RBI), the international broadcaster for the German Democratic Republic (GDR) express with slogans their solidarity with the communist North Vietnam on May 1, 1966, during the traditional demonstration.

Rally with banners for the Vietnam War in East Berlin, 1966

World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin, 1973

The World Festival of Youth and Students between 28 July - 5 August, 1973 in East Berlin: young people in front of the Neptune Fountain on Alexanderplatz

Egon Krenz, 1988

Egon Krenz holding a speech during the Liebknecht-Luxemburg Demonstration. On January 17, 1988, the annual demonstration took place in East Berlin on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The photo was taken at the Memorial of the Socialists in Friedrichsfelde, Berlin: from the left Egon Krenz (speaker), Erich Honecker, General Heinz Kessler, Erich Mielke (with fur collar) and Guenter Schabowski

Demonstration der FDJ in Ostberlin

Angehörige der Freien Deutschen Jugend marschieren am Pfingstsonntag auf der Straße Unter den Linden durch Ostberlin. Sie führen Transparente mit, auf denen sie die Absetzung Konrad Adenauers und die Zurückweisung der Marshall-Plan-Hilfe fordern. Der Zug führt Fahnen der FDJ und ein Portrait des SED-Generalsekretärs Walter Ulbricht. Im Hintergrund das Brandenburger Tor.

Volksfest in Eisenach / GDR with watchwords

At the Sommergewinn-Volksfest in Eisenach SED slogans are also carried along.

Wreath laying at the Soviet War Memorial in Weimar / GDR

Wreath-laying ceremony at the Soviet memorial in Weimar with Soviet guards and members of the SED-Kampfgruppe (Combat Groups of the Working Class).

Demonstration in East Berlin

May 1, 1986: Labour Day and holiday of the working class. Several hundred thousand people pass by the VIP stand of the SED Central Committee on the Karl-Marx-Allee in East Berlin. The picture shows a participant of the demonstration.

Demonstration in East Berlin

Demonstration on the anniversary of the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg at the Memorial of the Socialists in Berlin Friedrichsfelde. The demonstration includes the so-called Combat Groups of the Working Class. A unit is ready for the march past the VIP stand of the Central Committee of the SED.

Volksabstimmung zur Verstaatlichung der Privatindustrie, Leipzig 1946

Parolen am SED-Parteihaus in Leipzig werben im Juli 1946 für Zustimmung beim sächsischen Volksentscheid über die Verstaatlichung von Betrieben von Nazis und Kriegsverbrechern.