File:Volkspolizei at the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate.jpg

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Description	Deutsch: Volkspolizisten vor der Öffnung des Brandenburger Tores am 22. Dezember 1989. (Originaltext und Titel sind falsch: Dabei handelt es sich nicht um „Grenztruppen“ sondern um „Polizisten“ in Ableistung ihres Wehrdienstes bei der Bereitschaftspolizei der Volkspolizeibereitschaft aus Potsdam-Eiche. Diese wurden immer zu Ordnungseinsätzen usw. nach Berlin verbracht und empfanden dieses als willkommene Abwechslung während der Ableistung des Wehrdienstes.) English: Police personnel (NCOs and enlisted men) of the East German Volkspolizei wait for the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate december 22nd 1989. (Original text "East German guards wait for the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate" and the title is wrong: These are not officers of the border guards (Grenztruppen der DDR), but the support and rapid reaction units of the police (Bereitschaftspolizei der Volkspolizei). These were used as additional support for special events.) Italiano: 22 dicembre 1989, agenti e graduati della " Volkspolizei" della Repubblica Democratica Tedesca attendono l'apertura ufficiale della Porta di Brandeburgo. (La didascalia ed il titolo originale della fotografia sono errati: Infatti questi non sono ufficiali delle Guardie di frontiera della RDT (Grenztruppen der DDR) ma membri delle unità di intervento rapido della Polizia (Bereitschaftspolizei der Volkspolizei) unità che venivano utilizzate spesso durante eventi di particolare rilevanza.
Date	22 December 1989
Source	DefenseImagery.mil DF-ST-91-03528 / DoD photo, ID: DFST9103528
Author	SSGT F. Lee Corkran
Permission ( Reusing this file)	PD-USGov-Military

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03:45, 6. Mai 2006 . . Wikifreund (Diskussion | Beiträge) . . 2790 x 1860 (953.610 Bytes) (* Bildbeschreibung: Soldaten der Grenztruppen der DDR vor der Öffnung des Brandenburger Tores am 22. Dezember 1989. Originaltext: East German guards wait for the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate * Quelle: DoD photo, ID: DFST9103528 * Fotograf/Ze)

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Image title	East German guards wait for the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate.
Author	SSGT F. Lee Corkran
Date and time of data generation	22 December 1989
IIM version	2
Writer	J. Webster
Special instructions	RELEASED
Source	Film
Short title	DF-ST-91-03528
City shown	BERLIN
Country shown	DEU
Category	O
Supplemental categories	UNCLASS
JPEG file comment	File written by Adobe Photoshop¨ 5.2

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