The division of Berlin (1941-1961)

Inspection of a German soldier returning from captivity.

Everyday life and daily routine of West Berliners in 1948. People walking on the streets, sprinkling ash on ice.

Two men pushing a car that has run out of fuel.

People collecting and carrying home brushwood for heating.

Children collecting coal that has spilled from a truck onto the asphalt in sacks.

A woman collecting coal dust in a bucket.

People waiting to enter the Soviet occupation zone of Greater Berlin.

The barrier opening.

The motorcade passes the checkpoint for vehicles.

The railway semaphore opening.

The train starts moving.

A passenger is in one of the carriage windows.

The train passes the station.

Fire in the newspaper office building.

Aftermath of the fire.

An employee sorts out charred materials.

Children by a wrecked car.

Everyday life in West Germany.

Car traffic on the roads.

A sign indicating a restricted area on the border between the GDR and the FRG. People on a country picnic near the border.

Visitors at tables of a summer cafe in the countryside in spring.

People on vacation outside the city.

Children playing ball.

The ball flies into the water across the border.

People in a camp for refugees and displaced persons.

Destruction of a stone fence with barbed wire.

An GDR policeman with a machine gun on duty.

Events in Berlin in August 1961. People on both sides of the Berlin Wall talk to each other, watch.

A woman with binoculars in the window.

Panorama of the barbed wire fence.

A patrol of American troops behind the fence.

An empty Berlin railway junction.

Barges on the river.

A sign indicating the entrance to the British zone, installed on one of the autobahns.

People crossing into West Berlin.

Children playing ball.

People talking to relatives through the Berlin Wall.

View of one of the Berlin neighborhoods next to the Berlin Wall.