Title

Guarded Soviet memorial in Berlin

Caption

Soviet soldiers guard the Soviet memorial in Berlin which is surrounded by barbed wire on the 17th of August in 1961.
The memorial was fenced off, after there had been protests and riots in front of the memorial, which is located in the British sector of West-Berlin.

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Verwendung weltweit, usage worldwide

Date

Aug 17, 1961

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA13A05_225

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,8Mb (2,6Mb) / 12,6in x 19,0in / 3780 x 5714 (300dpi)

Keywords

Berlin Besatzung Besatzung Sowjetunion Bewachen Ehrenmal Enklave Gedenktafeln Geschichte Kalter Krieg Kanone Mahnmal Militär Nachkriegszeit Ost-West Konflikt Politik Rote Armee Soldaten Sowjetische Armee Stacheldraht Uniformen Wachen Wachpersonal Zweiergruppe europhotodb ganze Figur historisch occupation full_length history story historic historical cannon gun barrel Canon military Armed_Forces post-war_era post-war period after-war period politics POL soldiers troops barbed wire barbwire uniforms keeping watch keeping a vigil duo Russia, Soviet Union historic_archive