SZ Photo - Wave of refugees from the GDR, 1989

04.11.1989 - A special train with refugees from Czechoslovakia arrives at the station in Marktredwitz, which is filled with onlookers. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - The refugees in a special train from Prague to Germany applaud and show the sign of victory. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - View of the special train from Prague with refugees from the GDR crossing the border to the Federal Republic of Germany at Schirnding. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - View of the special train from Prague with refugees from the GDR at the border crossing to Bavaria near Schirnding. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - View of the special train from Prague to the Federal Republic, which is filled with refugees from the GDR. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - Numerous people at the departing special train from the Czechoslovak Republic to the FRG after the GDR has allowed direct departure. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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01.07.1990 - In Selb is celebrated the opening of the border between the Federal Republic and the Czechoslovak Republic as one of the six new border crossings, in the presence of (from left) Lo...
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20.10.1989 - Refugees from the GDR seek admission to the Federal German Embassy. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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15.10.1989 - Certificate on the abandonment of GDR citizenship. This was needed to get an identity certificate at the German Embassy in Warsaw for the departure to the FRG, which is shown on th...
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09.11.1989 - Refugees who have left the GDR by car, receive gas vouchers from the Bavarian police at a rest area behind the border crossing Suben at Passau. The high number of refugees caused t...
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04.11.1989 - A West German border officials checks the papers of newcomers from the GDR. The men arrived by car in the Federal Republic of Germany via the CSSR. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - East German refugees upon their arrival at the railway station of Hof. After escaping to the German Embassy in Prague, they came to the West on a special train. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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04.11.1989 - GDR refugees are welcomed at the station of Hof. After escaping to the German Embassy in Prague, they came to the West on a special train. [XPAEXPORTID002012]
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30.08.1989 - A family who fled from the GDR, in their accommodation in the transit camp Giessen. On average, it took two to three days until refugees from the GDR were registered in the Federal...
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01.01.1989 - A young man, who has fled through Hungary from the GDR, fills out an application for admission in the Schoeppingen refugee camp. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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11.09.1989 - A refugee from the GDR reads job vacancies in the reception center Schoeppingen. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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11.09.1989 - Refugees from the GDR reads job vacancies in the reception center Schoeppingen. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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01.01.1989 - Refugees from the GDR in front of the Federal Reception Center in Giessen, where they are to be registered and receive their admission certificates. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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30.08.1989 - Refugees from the GDR in front of the Federal Reception Center in Giessen, where they are to be registered and receive their admission certificates. In the foreground two children...
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11.09.1989 - Refugees from the GDR read job offers for GDR emigrants in the refugee camp Vilshofen. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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13.09.1989 - Refugees from the GDR in the Hengersberg camp. [XPAEXPORTID003003]
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12.09.1989 - Government spokesman Hans Klein (CSU) welcomes East German citizens entering in the FRG at the border crossing Passau-Suben. [XPAEXPORTID003002]
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12.09.1989 - A young couple from the GDR hugging each other after entering the FRG at the border crossing Passau-Suben. [XPAEXPORTID003002]
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