GermanyPhotos of Germany and West Berlin when the country still was divided.
- HighlightsHighlights from the album.
- The AlpsPhotos taken along the highway.
- Auto & Technik MuseumSinsheim, Germany. A true "Man's Museum," it even had a complete display of Stihl chainsaws Visited August or early September 1995. Opens in new tab.
- BayreuthBayreuth hosts an annual festival, at which operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.
- BerchtesgadenBerchtesgaden served as an important part of U.S. Armed Forces Recreation Centers.
- 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…
- Berlin Park, Name Long ForgottenThis park was visited in April or May 1971.
- Berlin Wall
- 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…
- Commercial PhotosGrandpa Roy purchased these photos while he was stationed in Berlin.
- East German AutobahnPhotos taken while driving along the East German Autobahn between Berlin and West Germany.
- SpandauRudolf Hess spent the rest of his life after World War II in Spandau's prison.
- 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…
- Castles & Ruins
- Coburg CastleVeste Coburg (Coburg Fortress) stands above the town of the same name.
- Festung RosenbergFestung Rosenberg (Rosenberg Fortress) is near Kronach.
- Grosser WaldsteinThese ruins were within an hour where Grandpa Roy was stationed at Hof Air Base.
- Kulmbach CastlePlassenburg Castle in Kulmbach.
- NeuschwansteinThe castle made famous by Walt Disney.
- Commercial PhotosGrandpa Roy bought some photos at the castle when he visited there in 1973.
- Wiesentfels CastleNear Bayreuth.
- Other CastlesCastles where there are only one or two photos available.
- CologneA short visit in 1973 with Great Grandma Teenie.
- Czech Border RegionIt was forbidden for military personnel to get closer than 1 kilometer from the borders with Czechoslovakia and Communist East Germany.
- DachauThe infamous Nazi concentration camp.
- 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…
- EbrachEbrach
- Franconian AlpsSites and locations in the Franconian Alps in Bavaria, also known as Franconian Switzerland not otherwise shown.
- FrankfurtGrandpa Roy visited Frankfurt in 1963 when he went to visit your Great Great Grandma Sarah Miller's friend Dick Banbury who lived there.
- Frankfurt-am-Main, GermanyOpens in new tab.
- Harz MountainsWhere witches were supposed to have dwelled. Visited in 1972.
- 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.
- LinderhofThe only palace or castle that Ludwig II had built that he lived to see it completed.
- MarktbreitA small town in the Franconian Alps.
- 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.
- Monuments and StatuesMiscellaneous photographs of monuments and statues not in other parts of the album.
- MunichMunich is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria, as well as home of the famed October Fest.
- Nymphenburg PalaceThe Nymphenburg served as the main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria. It is now a museum and park.
- October FestBeer, oompah bands and drunks.
- Olympic Stadium1972 Munich Olympics were held here. Grandpa Roy visited with his mother, Great Grandma Teenie, in 1973.
- TreasuryTreasury Museum of the Residence.
- NurembergThe war crime trials were held here after World War II.
- 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.