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Berlin, Mauerbau, NVA-Panzersoldaten
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Photographer
Hannes
Title
Berlin, Mauerbau, NVA-Panzersoldaten
Original caption
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ADN-ZB-Hannes-13.8.1961-Sicherung der Staatsgrenze am 13.8.1961. Angehörige einer Panzereinheit der Nationalen Volksarmee, die zur Sicherung der Staatsgrenze in Berlin eingesetzt sind.
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English: 15.08.1961, Erection of the Berlin Wall. Members of an east german tank unit deployed near Berlin. Note the T-34/85 tank and the staged gathering of the soldiers around the GDR´s official party newspaper "Neues Deutschland". Original caption reads:"Members of an NVA tank unit, deployed for securing the state border in Berlin."
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Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-85461-0005 / Hannes / CC-BY-SA 3.0
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