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  HighlightsHighlights from the album.
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  The AlpsPhotos taken along the highway.
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  Auto & Technik MuseumSinsheim, Germany.
  A true "Man's Museum," it even had a complete display of Stihl chainsaws Visited August or early September 1995.
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  Bamberg
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  BayreuthBayreuth hosts an annual festival, at which operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.
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  BerchtesgadenBerchtesgaden served as an important part of U.S. Armed Forces Recreation Centers.
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  BerlinPhotos from when Germany was still divided after World War II and Grandpa Roy was stationed in the western sector of the divided city of Berlin from 1971 to…

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    Berlin Park, Name Long ForgottenThis park was visited in April or May 1971.
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    Berlin Wall

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      Checkpoint CharlieCheckpoint Alpha (or Able) was in Helmsdorf, Germany, at the start of the East German autobahn into Berlin. Checkpoint Bravo was at the end of that autobahn in…
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      East German Wall Patrols
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      The Wall Itself
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    Berliners
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    Commercial PhotosGrandpa Roy purchased these photos while he was stationed in Berlin.
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    East German AutobahnPhotos taken while driving along the East German Autobahn between Berlin and West Germany.
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    Freiheit Show
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    Glienicke Palace
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    Grunewald Hunting Lodge
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    Lake Wansee
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    Peacock Island
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    Reichstag
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    Sightseeing
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    SpandauRudolf Hess spent the rest of his life after World War II in Spandau's prison.
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    SteinstuckenSteinstucken was an enclave of West Berlin that could not be reached by land. In the 1970s an agreement was reached that allowed a road to the enclave from the…
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    Zoo & Botanical Gardens
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  Castles & Ruins

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    Coburg CastleVeste Coburg (Coburg Fortress) stands above the town of the same name.
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    Festung RosenbergFestung Rosenberg (Rosenberg Fortress) is near Kronach.
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    Grosser WaldsteinThese ruins were within an hour where Grandpa Roy was stationed at Hof Air Base.
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    Kulmbach CastlePlassenburg Castle in Kulmbach.
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    NeuschwansteinThe castle made famous by Walt Disney.

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      Grandpa Roy's Photos
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      Commercial PhotosGrandpa Roy bought some photos at the castle when he visited there in 1973.
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    Schleissheim
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    Wiesentfels CastleNear Bayreuth.
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    Other CastlesCastles where there are only one or two photos available.
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  Cold War Trip

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    Bonn

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      Bonngasse Street
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      Market Square
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      Around Bonn City
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    The Government BunkerLocated in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler not far from Bonn.

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      The Bunker Photos
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      The Bunker ArticleIn readable format.
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    Rhine River

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      KönigswinterNiederdollendorf is a district of Königswinter

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        NiederNiederdollendorf is a district in Königswinter.
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        Castles and Ruins
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      River Traffic
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      Sankt Goarshausen
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      Koblenz
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    29 April
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    30 April
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    1 May
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    2 May

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      DDR Museum

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        Politics
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        PopulationPerks for the East Germans.
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        Everyone a Suspect
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        Home Sweet Home
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        Honecker's car
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        Life of the EliteThe East German Communist Party officials had it much better than the rest of the population.
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        Sports
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        ControlControling the population.
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      Houses of Worship
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      Zeughaussculptures on the roof of the armory of the German Historical Museum
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      Stasi Museum
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      TV TowerThis Tower was built by the East Germans when Berlin was still a divided city.
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    3 May
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  CologneA short visit in 1973 with Great Grandma Teenie.
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  Czech Border RegionIt was forbidden for military personnel to get closer than 1 kilometer from the borders with Czechoslovakia and Communist East Germany.
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  DachauThe infamous Nazi concentration camp.

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    The Camp
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    Liberation of DachauThe photos in this folder include those of some drawings made by a Pole who endured life in the Nazi concentration camps. Some of the drawings are very graphic…
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  EbrachEbrach
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  Franconian AlpsSites and locations in the Franconian Alps in Bavaria, also known as Franconian Switzerland not otherwise shown.
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  FrankfurtGrandpa Roy visited Frankfurt in 1963 when he went to visit your Great Great Grandma Sarah Miller's friend Dick Banbury who lived there.

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    Frankfurt-am-Main, GermanyOpens in new tab.
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    Frankfurt City
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  Harz MountainsWhere witches were supposed to have dwelled. Visited in 1972.
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  Hof SaaleGrandpa Roy was stationed here for about 9 or 10 months, 1970-1971. They were closing the base. He transferred to West Berlin in 1971.
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  LinderhofThe only palace or castle that Ludwig II had built that he lived to see it completed.
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  MarktbreitA small town in the Franconian Alps.
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  MittenwaldMittenwald is in Bavaria, near Garmisch. The town is known for the manufacture of violins, violas and cellos which began in the mid-17th century.
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  Monuments and StatuesMiscellaneous photographs of monuments and statues not in other parts of the album.
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  MunichMunich is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria, as well as home of the famed October Fest.

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    The City
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    Nymphenburg PalaceThe Nymphenburg served as the main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria. It is now a museum and park.
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    October FestBeer, oompah bands and drunks.
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    Olympic Stadium1972 Munich Olympics were held here. Grandpa Roy visited with his mother, Great Grandma Teenie, in 1973.
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    TreasuryTreasury Museum of the Residence.
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  NurembergThe war crime trials were held here after World War II.
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  Rhine River Views

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    1973Grandpa Roy took these photos in 1973 when his mother, Great Grandma Teenie, visited him in Berlin.
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    1995These photos were taken by Grandpa Roy on his way by train to join a German team for an arms control inspection in September 1995.
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  VolksmarcheGrandpa Roy went on a Volkesmarche in October 1992 when he was in Germany to deploy for Arms Control inspections under the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty.