Opening of the Falkenstein border crossing

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November 12 1989
Falkenstein border crossing between Probstzella (Gera district, now Thuringia) and Lauenstein (Bavaria)
Created By: Grenzpolizeiinspektion Ludwigsstadt

License: Not Creative Commons

Border patrol officers, passersby and police officers at the border crossing between Lauenstein, a neighborhood of the Bavarian city Ludwigsstadt, and the Thuringian community of Probstzella. The opening of the border crossing took place on 12 (pedestrians) and 13 (road traffic) November 1989. The photo was taken near Falkenstein cliff, which gives the border crossing its name.

Depicts

border guard, group of people, inner German border, night, opening of the border, policeman (FRG), state coat of arms, warning sign

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

Falkenstein (Thuringia) border crossing, Lauenstein, Probstzella

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