Caption

Preserved original GDR border fence with green death strips from the 1970s, in the background US watchtower on the former inner German border with the GDR Eastern Bloc, point Alpha memorial, former zone border, Rasdorf, Hesse, Geisa, Thuringia, Germany

Date

May 12, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK25L19_024

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

62,3Mb (10,3Mb) / 19,0in x 12,7in / 5709 x 3813 (300dpi)

Keywords

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