Temporary photo gallery – Berlin 1969

Many additional photos are available in Flickr.com Berlin albums.

https://flickr.com/photos/135141530@N04/albums

Schneewittchen Weg covered in wet snow.

Schneewittchen Weg covered in wet snow.

… and for many more Berlin photos from 1969-71 with captions:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/135141530@N04/albums/

Photo Gallery

New tv tower seen through Brandenburg Gate — New Fernsehturm visible through the Brandenburg Gate, over the Wall.

Brandenburg Gate and the Wall, at the corner of Hindenburgplatz & Friedensallee — Brandenburg Gate and the Wall, at the corner of Hindenburgplatz & Friedensallee.

Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall.

Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall.

Sov war memorial — The Soviet War Memorial in the British Sector. In the background is the Reichstag building.

Dawn finds British MP's protecting Soviet honor guard site. — Dawn at the Soviet War Memorial, protected by British Military Police in July 1971.

Dawn at the Soviet War Memorial, protected by British Military Police in July 1971.

Morgenrot. — Morgenrot in July 1971.

Dawn over the Reichstag building.

Wild flowers in the platz before the Reichstag building.

Stray stones remain in the platz before the Reichstag. — We stood in the shadows of history. All was silent.

Behind the Reichstag building was the Berlin Wall and East Berlin.

Work to stabilize the ruined Reichstag building.

Engineers and architects worked to stop water damage.

S-Bahn comes out of East Berlin at dawn. The Wall is in shadows on the left.

S-Bahn bridge over the Spree at dawn.

Dawn S-Bahn train, Reichstag building in the background.

Spree at dawn. — River Spree at dawn flows past windowless East Berlin..

River Spree with new Fernsehturm. — Morgenrot lights the new Fernsehturm. The Wall is in the shadows.

Memorial stone for first to die trying to swim the Wall. — Snow graces memorial to first victim of the Wall at the Spree crossing.

Morgenrot silhouettes the Sandkrug border crossing.

Sandkrug Bridge checkpoint