East germany

Nikolai Tomsky’s granite Lenin monument, Leninplatz, East Berlin

East German border guards refusing to shake hands at Checkpoint Charlie.

In the summer of 1969 when this photograph was taken, the Television Tower was almost complete. (It was opened on 3rd October). The dome of Berlin Cathdedral can be seen, as well as the spire of St Mary's Chruch and, in the middle distance, the House of the Teachers and its Congress Hall also built in the 1960's. The photograph was taken from the roof of the Interhotel Berolina (built 1961-3, demolished 1996).

Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.

During the Cold War, escape attempts from East Germany were thoroughly reenacted

East German Army BTR-70 armored personnel carriers rolling down Karl-Marx-Allee in the 1989 Republic Day Parade (40th Anniversary of the DDR).

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In 1971, my parents and I visited East Berlin shortly after my 13th birthday. The adventure was on a whim, but the experience was a "life changer." If my memories of the city were not so vivid, I would attribute the faded, grey scenes to the camera and film I used at the time. Even…