East/West meeting at the border

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November 20 1989
Allerbrücke, between Oebisfelde (Magdeburg district, now Saxony-Anhalt) and Velpke (Lower Saxony)
Created By: Archiv Oebisfelder Heimatverein e.V.

License: Not Creative Commons

Edith Schünemann, then mayor of Velpke, and Steffen Wetterling, then mayor of Oebisfelde, during first talks at the border wall. On 26 November the border was opened at that same place and Aller Bridge was once again open to road traffic, becoming the road connection between both towns.

Depicts

border guard, border wall, boundary post (GDR), bridge, group of people, inner German border, policeman (FRG), snow, warning sign

Places

Oebisfelde-Weferlingen, Oebisfelde/Velpke border crossing, Velpke

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