east germany 1974

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Two men deliver brown coal to apartment blocks in East Berlin.

A Soviet soldier takes in the view of the medieval town of Bautzen.

Traditional Easter Riders of the Sorbic minority in Bautzen.

Traditional wedding procession in Bautzen.

Wernigerrode, Harz, the medieval town center.

Women working in a potato field near MÙhlhausen in Thuringia.

A weekend boat trip on a typical canal in the Spreewald region of LŸbbenau.

  The inscription reads: "Never again War" in a section of East Berlin.

A political billboard near a railway station reads: "Honored, Respected, Recognized - that's our Republic" in ThŸringia.

Gymnastic displays by members of FDJ (communist youth organization) on Karl Marx Allee in front of a new housing project. East Berlin

Start of the "Friedensfahrt" the annual peace-bicycle race on Karl Marx Allee in East Berlin.

Lenin statue in front of new apartment blocks in East Berlin.

Framework houses and cobblestone streets in the old town of Quedlinburg in the Harz mountains.

An SED propaganda poster reads "Thank you Soviet soldiers" on an oak lined road near the Baltic Sea.