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Under Tilly's command, imperial troops storm Madgeburg
on May 20, 1631. Original: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Handschriftenabteilung.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Elector Frederick III of Saxony, called "the Wise" (early 16th century) .
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Würzburg c. 1500 (1493).
© Beloit College

 



Nobles Dancing at a Ball (2nd Half of 16th Century) .
© Directmedia Publishing GmbH, Berlin

 



An Augsburg orchestra plays a dance. Lithograph, c. 1520.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



New map of Germany. Engraving by Giacomo Gastaldi,
Venice, 1561.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Midnight view of Dresden near the Elbe Bridge. Engraving, colored
by Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel, c. 1750.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 




Morning. Painting by Philipp Otto Runge, 1809.
Original: Hamburg Kunsthalle
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz



The market in Munich (Marienplatz). Engraving, colored by Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1644.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



From the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale, "Little Red Riding Hood."
Little Red Riding Hood on the way to visit her grandmother.
Woodcut, c. 1825.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



The market in Rostock (1576-1586). Original: Rostock, Stadtarchiv.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Contemporary portrait of Rahel Varnhagen von Ense (1771-1833). Varnhagen's salon was an important meeting place for Berlin's Romantic writers.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 

 



During a state visit to Poland, Chancellor Willy Brandt kneels at the memorial for the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising
(December 7, 1970). Photo by Hans Hubmann.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Berlin Street Scene (1921). Painting by Nikolaus Braun (Miklós Béla). Original: Berlin, Berlinische Galerie.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 


The Jews’ Alley and Stockyard in Frankfurt am Main (17th Century). Drawing by Peter Becker.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst (from left) of the White Rose, a student resistance group in Munich. Photo by George Witt.
© Stadtarchiv Ulm

 



Thomas Mann (1875-1955) speaks with Albert Einstein (1879-1955) in Princeton, New Jersey (1938). Photo by Lotte Jacobi. Original: Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



The Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate
(November 11, 1989). Photo by Klaus Lehnartz.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Gerhard Schroeder (r) and Joschka Fischer at a press conference during a meeting of the European Council (2003). Photo by Andrea Bienert.
© Bundespresseamt

 



GDR Stasi files (1996). Photo by Bernd Kühler.
© Bundespresseamt

 



From June 1 - October 31, 2000, Hannover hosted the World's Fair. The picture shows the exhibition "Idea Workshop Germany," which was held in the German Pavilion. Photo by Engelbert Reineke.
© Bundespresseamt

 



Production of the Wartburg 353 in an Eisenach automobile factory (1966). Photo by Jochen Moll.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



"Lichtenberg '57," A kindergarden group on a walk in Berlin-Lichtenberg. Photo by Friedrich Seidenstücker, 1957.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Cyclist transports a CARE-package (1948). Photo by Hanns Hubmann.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



Kidney-shaped dining room table (Haslocher Table Manufacturers) (1954). Photo by Willi Moegle.
© Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 



The NATO look for the coming fall (1982). Photo: INP/ap.
© Inter Nationes e.V.