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Demolition volleyball, Colditz, East Germany (1989)
Photo: Gerhard Weber / Deutsche Fotothek, FID Kunst Fotografie Design

Teenagers playing in front of partially demolished houses.

kolya
@kolya@social.cologne

@sk76@mastodon.ie Just wanna say that this is not necessarily an active demolition. Many buildings in East Germany in 1989 still looked like right after WW2. There was simply no money to repair them. Even in East Berlin bullet holes and grenade holes were a regular sight on old buildings. The political deciders had no love for old houses and instead preferred to build cheap new houses from precast concrete slabs.

Nazani
@Nazani@universeodon.com

@kolya@social.cologne @sk76@mastodon.ie I wouldn't be surprised if the side of the building facing the street looked in good repair. The spirit of Potemkin was alive & well in the DDR.