Waiting in line in front of a bank

Info

1990
Berlin, Alexanderplatz
Created By: Jean Pichard

License: Not Creative Commons

View from the Television Tower onto GDR citizens in line in front of a bank that dispensed Begrüßungsgeld, or "welcome money."

"Begrüßungsgeld 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 (GDR - East Germany)." (retrieved and translated from Wikipedia: Begrüßungsgeld, on December 30, 2009)

Depicts

crowd, queue, street

Context

welcome money

Places

Alexanderplatz, Berlin Television Tower

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