Life Behind the Wall – East Germany 1980s
It’s hard to believe that Germany was a divided nation just a few decades ago, with a wall separating two vastly different worlds. On one side of the border, West Germany enjoyed a thriving economy and a democratic system. In contrast, on the other side, East Germany lived under a socialist regime that mirrored life in Soviet Russia.
Families were crammed into small apartments, and daily life was a struggle, as this image of frustrated children reveals. In 1990, when the Berlin Wall finally fell, the lives of those in East Germany changed forever, opening up a world of new possibilities.
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