Queue outside a post office at "Brückenrasthaus Frankenwald" roadhouse

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November 12 1989
Near Berg-Rudolphstein
Created By: Berthold Flessa

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From the Set

"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 (East Germany) as well as those form Poland able to prove their German ancestory." (Wikipedia: Begrüßungsgeld, retrieved 30 December 2009)

Depicts

child's pushchair, crowd, post, queue

Context

autobahn, celebration, inner German border, joy, opening of the border, traffic, welcome money

Places

Berg-Rudolphstein, Hirschberg (Saale), Rudolphstein/Hirschberg (Saale) border crossing

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