An Earlier Olympic Venue

With the Olympics going on now, I thought I would show the site of the historic Berlin Games of 1936 with the Olympic flame still standing. It has been significantly renovated since I took this picture nearly 40 years ago.
Date: Summer 1970 (scanned from slide)

Twenty Years Gone

Today is the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In honor of that great event here is a post of a portion of the wall at the Brandenburg Gate. The picture was taken from West Berlin.
Date: August, 1970 (Scanned from slide.)

Cold War Reality

This is the then famous, Checkpoint Charlie. It was the Allied/American sector way into East Berlin in 1970. Perhaps one day I will talk about that over on my regular blog. I no longer remember why the flag is at half mast.
Date: August, 1970

Still Goose-Stepping in 1970

A German Memorial in what was then East Berlin under communist control. It was eerie to stand and watch soldiers goosestepping only 25 years after World War II.
Date: August, 1970 (Scanned from slide.)

Never Forget

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin. While a new church has been built since this 1970 picture, the ruins of the old church were left as a reminder of the horrors of war.
Date: Summer, 1970 (Scanned slide)

When Berlin Was Divided

The Soviet War Memorial in Berlin ended up on the West Berlin side of the Wall when it was built in 1960. I was there in 1970 and took this picture symbolic of the separation of that city.
Date: August 1970 (Scanned slide)