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Border opening in Mödlareuth

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December 9 1989
Mödlareuth
Created By: Martin Rumpler

License: Creative Commons License

Crowds at the at the freshly opened border in the divided village of Mödlareuth (Wikipedia article, retrieved on June 11, 2009) on December 9, 1989. Known as 'Little Berlin': The Inner German border ran right through the center of the small village of approx. 50 inhabitants and in 1966 GDR border troops erected a concrete wall there similar to the Berlin Wall.

Depicts

border wall, Christmas tree, crowd, inner German border, opening of the border, queue, snow

Places

Mödlareuth, Mödlareuth (East)/Mödlareuth (West) border crossing

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Original Caption

"Grenzöffnung Mödlareuth"