Border opening between the towns of Treffurt and Wanfried

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November 18 1989
Between Treffurt (Erfurt district, now Thuringia) and Wanfried (Hesse)
Created By: Hans-Joachim Tuttaß

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From the Set

From the Set

Citizens of Treffurt welcome the Treffurt-born SPD politician, Egon Bahr at the opened border; presumably Hans Eichel at the center of the picture, the then Lord Mayor of Kassel

Depicts

crowd, emotion, flower, inner German border, opening of the border, policeman (FRG)

Context

border checkpoint, friend, identity document, inner German border, joy, November 9, 1989, opening of the border, photographer, visit

People/Organizations

Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr, Hans Eichel

Places

Treffurt, Wanfried

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