East Berlin

former Soviet sector of Berlin and capital of the GDR

275px|thumb|A Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)|Deutsche Reichsbahn official inspects the escape tunnel beneath [[Berlin Wollankstraße station in January 1962.]] 275px|thumb|Movement (1977–1986) Republikflucht (; German for "desertion from the republic", ) was the colloquial term in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) for illegal emigration to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), West Berlin, and non-Warsaw Pact countries. The official term was Ungesetzlicher Grenzübertritt ("unlawful border crossing"). Republikflucht applied to both the 3.5 million Germans who migrated l

cemetery in Berlin, Germany

November 1989 demonstration against East German government

International East German radio station

former airline, flag carrier of East Germany

Event organised by World Federation of Democratic Youth which was held in East Berlin, East Germany, in 1951

youth festival

1962 film by Robert Siodmak