@GDRvisuals

Documenting life in the former GDR. Also found at @YugoslavVisuals.

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Joined December 2023
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East German Visuals retweeted
Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsOct 23
Factory workers in Karl-Marx-Stadt relaxing in a sauna, GDR, 1970s.
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Yugoslavian Visuals
@YugoslavVisualsJul 13
We have somehow reached 50k followers! It's crazy to see how many people have joined this journey we set out on almost a year ago. If you like what we do and you're in a position to do so, consider supporting us with a coffee! Hvala! 💙🤍❤️ buymeacoffee.com/yugoslavian…

Yugoslavian Visuals is curating visuals of bygone eras.

Curator of visuals in the form of old photos, posters, postcards and propaganda from the eras of Yugoslavia (@YugoslavVisuals) as well as the German Democratic Republic (@GDRvisuals). Support our work

buymeacoffee.com
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsOct 20
Might be a little late to the party with this observation but it now appears that with the latest update on this app, you now need to click on a photo to view it in max resolution
Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsOct 20
Tourist map of the Ukrainian and Moldovan SSR's, 1960s.
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East German Visuals retweeted
Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsOct 13
Concrete elephant slide in Dresden, GDR, 1960s.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsOct 7
Workers from the GDR, Poland and USSR on a cooperative industrial project on the Baltic Sea, 1970s.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsOct 5
"We are friends and creators. And in space we affirm peace!", Soviet space exploration poster, 1983.
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🇩🇪 The Derbyless City dives into the hidden world of Berlin football, exploring a city in perpetual flux and shaped by its fractured history. 🏟️ From the Olympiastadion to the Alte Försterei – weaving through pubs and grassroots pitches – discover a football scene pulsating with identity, contradictions, history and community. pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/d…

The Derbyless City: An Emotional Map of Berlin Football

The Derbyless City dives into the hidden world of Berlin football, exploring a city in perpetual flux and shaped by its fractured history. From the Olympiastadion to the Alte Försterei – weaving...

pitchpublishing.co.uk
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Allan Hailstone (not Alan)@allhailtwitSep 18
East Berlin, 11 September 1959. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin #DDR #GDR
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East German Visuals
@GDRvisuals1 Dec 2025
Make sure you check out our store for some GDR inspired posters and prints (as well as some @YugoslavVisuals inspired posters too) 👇 gdrvisuals-shop.fourthwall.c…

GDR Visuals

The official website and shop of GDR Visuals. Find the latest content, buy merch, and support your favorite creator.

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East German Football@EastGermanFootySep 10
🏟️ Stadion Showcase 𝐄𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐭-𝐆𝐫𝐮𝐛𝐞-𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐧 🗓️ Opened: 1955 🏠 Club: 1. FC Magdeburg 👥 Capacity: 25,800 (2004)
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsSep 7
Karl-Marx-Allee with the Fernsehturm under construction in East Berlin, GDR, 1967.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsSep 3
Kosmos Cinema in East Berlin, GDR, 1970.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsSep 1
Dresden, GDR, 1970s.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 29
Removal of the Lenin monument from Berlin following German reunification, 1991.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 18
The last military parade in the GDR, East Berlin, 1989.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 16
East German poster for the Soviet 9K111 Fagot anti-tank missile system, 1970s.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 7
“Condom is my AIDS amulet”, Soviet sexual health poster, 1980s.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 8
Snowman salutes Soviet troops entering East Berlin from the British zone, 1957.
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Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 6
Citizens of the GDR at a border crossing in East Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989.
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East German Visuals retweeted
Eastern Bloc Visuals
@eastblocvisualsAug 5
Reconstructed East German living room layout displayed at the Documentation Center for Everyday Culture of the GDR in Eisenhüttenstadt.
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