Sujet

French soldiers at train station Gesundbrunnen in Berlin

Légende

French soldiers have taken position with a MG on the area of train station Gesundbrunnen on the 31st of October in 1961.
The East German Railways had errected a water tower with the writing "GDR" at train station Gesundbrunnen in Berlin-Wedding on the area belonging to West Berlin. Furthermore, soldiers from East Berlin had digged themselves in. After several protests of French town majors, the water tower was removed by the authorities of East Berlin and the confrontation came to an end.

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Date

31 oct. 1961

Crédit

Photo12/dpa-pa

Notre référence

DPA13A01_307

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

72,1Mo (3,2Mo) / 37,2cm x 48,5cm / 4397 x 5731 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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