Color Photos That Capture Street Scenes of East Germany in 1960

   

These fascinating photos from Normann were taken by his dad who visited East Germany in May 1960.

 
Dresden rebuilt
 
Church in ruins, Dresden

 

 
East Berlin Stalin Allé

 

 
Eisleben Andreaskirche

 

 
Eisleben, Lenin statue

 

 
Eisleben, Luther statue

 

 
Erfurt street scene

 

 
Erfurt Town Hall

 

Erfurt, by the Augustiner Monastery

 

Family outing in Treptow Park, Berlin

 

 
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) in Dresden

 

 
Halle-Saale, Rotes Turm

 

 
Handel Monument on Halle-Saale main square

 

 
Handel statue in Halle-Saale Square

 

Lindenkirche, Berlin

 

 
Marienkirche, Berlin

 

 
Märkische Buckow

 

 
Märkische Buckow

 

Marktplatz Greifswald

 

Moritzburg Schloss near Dresden

 

Ruins of a Dresden Castle

 

Sportshall, Stalin Allé, East Berlin

 

Stalinstadt Bürgermeister, Mayor of Stalinstadt

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Stalinstadt in 1960

 

Steglitz town hall in Berlin

 

Süsow Krk Schule

 

The road to Wartburg

 

Tower by the Augustine Monastery in Erfurt

 

Treptow Park in East Berlin

 

Using sheep as municipal lawnmowers, Dresden

 

View from Wartburg near Eisenach

 

View of Eisenach from Hainstein

 

Wartburg Castle, Eisenach

 

Wartburg in 1960

 

Wittenberg Marktplatz, statues of Luther & Melanchton

 

Wittenberg, Lutherhaus (to the left)

 

Wittenberg, Luther's Well

 

Zwinger Palace, Dresden

 

Zwinger Palace, Dresden

 

Banner on a site clearly still damaged by the war, advertising a 'Contemporary Soviet Art' exhibition, Dresden

 

Berlin Hansaviertel

 

Berlin Kirche zur Frohen Botschaft

 

Berlin Kurfürstendamm

 

Berlin seen from Corbusier Haus

 

Buckow N-D Konvent

 

Burckhardthaus Kirche, Berlin

 

 
Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin

 

 
Church of Peter and Paul (Taufkirche), Eisleben