Sujet
US tank at sector border in West Berlin 1961
Légende
A heavy Patton tank of the US Army standing on Wilhelmstraße in West Berlin at the border to the eastern part of the city, on 23rd August 1961. In the background the Berlin Wall and the 'Haus der Ministerien' (house of ministries), the former Reich aeronautic ministry, at the corner of Wilhelm and Leipziger Straße. From 13th August 1961, the day of the building of the wall, until the fall of Berlin Wall on 9th November 1989 the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR were split by the 'iron curtain' between west and east.
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Date
23 août 1961
Crédit
Photo12/dpa-pa
Notre référence
DPA13A04_168
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
71,5Mo (2,7Mo) / 36,8cm x 48,7cm / 4342 x 5755 (300dpi)