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East and West border officials in conversation

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

June 1990
Berlin, presumably Brandenburg Gate
Created By: Birgit Schäfer

License: Creative Commons License

Depicts

barrier grid, border guard, guard room, man, policeman (FRG), two persons

Places

Brandenburger Tor border crossing, Brandenburg Gate

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Original Caption

"What I found interesting in the photo were the 'attempts at rapprochement' on the part of the man from the East and the man from the West. I was struck that the East German official (who had typically always been rather grumpy and unfriendly) looked very relaxed - in contrast to his Western colleague (who, in this situation at least, appears rather grumpy)."