Pictures From A Vanished Country

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Pictures From A Vanished Country

Thomas Hoepker

"Earlier this year I realized we would celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I went back into my archive and discovered that I had boxes full of negatives that I had never seen before, taken in East Germany over the past 50 years It was a treasure which had to be unearthed."

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I can understand the nostalgia that the East Germans feel, they must remember it as a time when they were all in it together. Pointed photos but with that gentle Hoepker touch.

Comment posted by Noel Neuburger (not verified) on November 19th, 2009

any chance of this being published? Some of the images are stunning. Rudi Thoemmes

Comment posted by Rudi Thoemmes (not verified) on November 16th, 2009

very interesting video and nice photos! thank you

Comment posted by diana greño (not verified) on November 12th, 2009

Thank you for this wonderful essay. As a young german i like to see the views of persons who lived in this time!

Comment posted by Max W (not verified) on November 11th, 2009

Thank you for sharing this time in history which is now over but must not be forgotten.

Comment posted by Amy Holonics (not verified) on November 10th, 2009

Not being a German citizen, I never imagined the circumstances in which the 'normal' German people lived in. I agree with Nick Goldblatt, it seems that Honecker dwelled in luxury while the folk lived in poverty and believed everything they were told. Thank God that this part of history has finished

Comment posted by Anni Kruchen (not verified) on November 8th, 2009

It doesn't surprise me that the DDR had a National Socialist look to it. I think many Communists have admired the pomp and circumstance that the Nazis could create. Stalin did and it seems that Honecker did too.

Comment posted by Nick Goldblatt (not verified) on November 4th, 2009

A really fascinating document

Comment posted by Rene Sommer (not verified) on November 4th, 2009