Opening of the frontier between East Berlin and West Berlin (1972)

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In 1972, at Easter and Whitsuntide, some 11 500 000 West Berliners cross into East Berlin in order to visit relatives and friends at crossing points like this one in Bornholmer Strasse.

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Source: Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung (BPA), 10117 Berlin, Dorotheenstr. 84. http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/DE/Homepage/home.html.
Übergang Bornholmer Strasse. Berlin: Bundesbildstelle Berlin, 1972. Schwarz und Weiß.

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Opening of the frontier between East Berlin and West Berlin (1972)