Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it ( 1937 / 2020 )2yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Since 1970, welcome money was granted to visitors from East to West Germany. This arrangement was still in effect when the Wall came down in 1989.1yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Bike ride in Berlin Kreuzberg ( ~1985 / 2018 ) [repost from new account]4yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Bike ride in Berlin Kreuzberg ( ~1985 / 2018 ) - Repost of my first photo in this sub! - Can you guess, why the police could not tow the car in the old photo?1yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Observation platforms were installed on the West Berlin side of the Wall so people could look over to the East ( 1988 / 2019 )3yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Little shop right next to the Berlin Wall ( 1990s / 2019 ) - Note how they kept the tiles on the bottom left!3yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Oberbaumbrucke - In the old photo one can still a watchtower on this bridge that used to be a pedestrian border crossing for West Berlin residents ( 1989 / 2019 )3yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Today is German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit). The Alexanderplatz demonstration was one of the largest demonstrations in East German history and a milestone of the peaceful revolution that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification.2yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
Schlesisches Tor ( 1989 / 2019 ). Since 1970, welcome money was granted to visitors from East to West Germany. This arrangement was still in effect when the Wall came down in 1989.1yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/berlin
This is one of my favorite then and now shots, because it shows how unreachable a building across the street could be in Berlin, when the Wall was still up ( 1986 / 2019 )3yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
This building was used as a watchtower at the Berlin Wall ( 1991 / 2020 )2yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/OldPhotosInRealLife
30 years ago today, on 3 October 1990, almost one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany celebrated its official reunification.3yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/germany
Just to get a more realistic sense of the dimensions of the two buildings being discussed today ( 2005 / 2021 )2yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/berlin
Everyone knows Checkpoint Charlie, but do you know Checkpoint Delta ( 1989 / 2019 )3yr ⋅ jofurch ⋅ r/berlin
