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Waiting in line for “welcome money”

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 15 1989
Ludwigsstadt
Created By: Grenzpolizeiinspektion Ludwigsstadt

License: Creative Commons License

From the Set

Exhibition theme: The Border Opens

"Begrüßungsgeld (German: welcome money) 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)." (Wikipedia: Begrüßungsgeld, retrieved 30 December 2009)

Depicts

crowd, queue, shop, Trabant (car)

Context

welcome money

Places

Ludwigsstadt

Text in image

Eisen-[Bergner]

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