Escape via the west german embassy in Prague 1989

04.10.1989 - Some 8,000 GDR citizens occupy the premises of the DFederal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, 04 October 1989. GDR authorities permitted them to emigrate which in final c...
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29.09.1989 - View on the tent camp of GDR citizens occupying the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, 29 September 1989.
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05.10.1989 - Refugees from Eastern Germany - German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) - who fled to the West German embassy in Prague (Czechoslovakia) at their arrival in Hof - Federal Republic of G...
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01.10.1989 - GDR emigrants read an issue of mass tabloid 'Bild' as they arrive in Hof, Germany, 05 October 1989. The emigrants arrived from the premises of the German Embassy to Czechoslovakia...
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05.10.1989 - On 5 October 1989 GDR more refugees from Prague arrived in the Bavarian Hof. The first GDR-refugees from Prague who had sought refuge at the West German Embassy had arrived on 1st...
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01.10.1989 - Refugees from Eastern Germany - German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) - who fled to the West German embassy in Prague (Czechoslovakia) at their arrival in Hof - Federal Republic of G...
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05.10.1989 - Refugees from Eastern Germany - German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) - who fled to the West German embassy in Prague (Czechoslovakia) at their arrival in Hof - Federal Republic of G...
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05.10.1989 - Refugees from Eastern Germany - German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) - who fled to the West German embassy in Prague (Czechoslovakia) at their arrival in Hof - Federal Republic of G...
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05.10.1989 - Refugees from Eastern Germany - German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) - who fled to the West German embassy in Prague (Czechoslovakia) at their arrival in Hof - Federal Republic of G...
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05.10.1989 - Refugees from Eastern Germany - German Democratic Republic ( GDR ) - who fled to the West German embassy in Prague (Czechoslovakia) at their arrival in Hof - Federal Republic of G...
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29.09.1989 - A GDR citizen tries to climb over an iron fence of the German embassy as Czechoslovakian police officers try to prevent his escape in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Other GDR citizens wai...
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01.10.1989 - GDR citizens wait in front of the German embassy in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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04.10.1989 - Some 8000 GDR citizens stay at the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague on 04 October 1989. They hope to get an opportunity to leave the GDR for West Germany. Many...
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04.10.1989 - German Democratic Republic citizens seek shelter in tents outside the West German Embassy (photo taken in Prague, October 4, 1989).
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01.10.1989 - A couple hugs deliriously as they are told their emigration was permitted from the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prgaue, 01 October 1998. They had been occupying the...
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03.10.1989 - German Democratic Republic citizens gather outside the West German Embassy (photo taken in Prague, October 3, 1989).
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04.10.1989 - Czechoslovakian policemen stand in front of the embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague on 04 October 1989. Some 8000 GDR citizens fled to the premises of the embassy...
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03.10.1989 - GDR refugees arrive at the train station of Hof, Germany, 05 October 1989. They had occupied the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague and were granted premission to e...
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30.09.1989 - German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (R) and German chancellery minister Wolfgang Seiters (L) pictured in the German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia,...
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05.10.1989 - GDR-migrants shed tears of joy as they arrive at the railway station in Hof, Germany, 05 October 1989. Prior to that the migrants had spent weeks at the German Ambassy in Prague, w...
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05.10.1989 - GDR emigrants arrive with tears of joy in their eyes in Hof, Germany, 05 October 1989. The emigrants arrived from the premises of the German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague whe...
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05.10.1989 - Some 800 former GDR citizens are welcomed enthusiastically at the train station of Hof in Bavaria. They arrived in special trains of the Deutsche Reichsbahn on 05 October 1989 afte...
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05.10.1989 - Some 800 former GDR citizens are welcomed enthusiastically at the train station of Hof in Bavaria. They arrived in special trains of the Deutsche Reichsbahn on 05 October 1989 afte...
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30.09.1989 - A mother and her daughter kiss farewell through a fence of the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, 30 September 1989. GDR authorities had permitted the emigration o...
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01.10.1989 - GDR migrants captured at the registration of the central reception point of the state of Hesse in Giessen, Germany. Around 900 GDR citizens, who had taken refuge at the German Fede...
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31.07.1999 - View on the German Embassy to Czech Republic in Prague, August 1999. Ten years earlier, in autumn of 1989, thousands of GDR citizens occupied the premises of the embassy. End of Se...
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31.08.1989 - GDR refugees occupy Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, September 1989. End of September 1989 GDR authorities permitted the exit of their citizens, which in final c...
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31.08.1989 - GDR refugees climb over the wall onto the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, September 1989. Thousands of GDR citizens occupied the premises of the embassy. End of...
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30.09.1989 - GDR refugees storm a train in Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 1989. Thousands of GDR citizens had occupied the premises of the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia. End of Sept...
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29.09.1989 - View on the tent camp of GDR citizens occupying the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, 29 September 1989.
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03.10.1989 - GDR refugees storm a train in Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 1989. Thousands of GDR citizens had occupied the premises of the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia. End of Sept...
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31.08.1989 - GDR refugees occupy Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague, September 1989. End of September 1989 GDR authorities permitted the exit of their citizens, which in final c...
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30.09.1989 - GDR refugees leave the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia to leave Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 1989. Thousands of GDR citizens had occupied the premises of the Federal Ge...
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30.09.1989 - Cars are towed away in Prague, Czechoslovakia, October 1989. Thousands of GDR citizens had occupied the premises of the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia. End of September 1...
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30.09.1999 - View on the entrance to the German Embassy to the Czech Republic in Prague, 30 September 1999.A decade before, thousands of GDR refugees occupied the premises until they were permi...
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01.10.1989 - GDR migrants board buses to be brought to the central reception point of the state of Hesse after their arrival in Giessen, Germany. Around 900 GDR citizens, who had taken refuge a...
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05.10.1989 - Some 800 GDR refugees are ecstatically welcomed by crowds in Hof, Germany, 05 October 1989. They had been occupying the Federal German Embassy to Czechoslovakia in Prague for weeks...
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