East Berlin apartment blocks in 1975, with poster showing leader Erich Honecker. Photograph: Thomas HoepkerChild playing by the Berlin Wall, 1963. Photograph: Thomas Hoepker-Magnum/Thomas HoepkerFaded signage in Prenzlauer Berg, East Berlin, 1976. Photograph: Thomas Hoepker
East German medal winners leaving the 'Staatsrat' building with their new medals in 1975. Once a year medals and honours of all kinds and sizes were distributed to citizens of special merit, some with considerable monetary rewards. Photograph: Thomas Hoepker/Thomas HoepkerRear window of a 'Trabbi' (Trabant) car in East Berlin, 1974, with decorative plastic cushion. Photograph: Thomas HoepkerShop window in East Berlin, 1975.Photograph: Thomas HoepkerCelebrations for the tenth anniversary of the German Democratic Republic, 1959.Photograph: Thomas HoepkerToilet time at an East Berlin nursery, 1975.Photograph: Thomas Hoepker
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