Queue in front of a Berliner bank

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November 10 1989
Berlin, presumably near Potsdamer Straße
Created By: Fumiko Matsuyama

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In line at a Berliner Bank branch where "Begrüßungsgeld" ("welcome money") is being disbursed.

"Begrüßungsgeld (German: welcome money) was, from 1970 until 29 December 1989, a gift from the government of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) to visitors from the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)." (Wikipedia: Begrüßungsgeld, retrieved 30 December 2009)

Depicts

bank, group of people, queue

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall, welcome money

Places

Other places (Berlin)

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