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Book - DDR Ansichten: Views of a Vanished Country

Thomas Hoepker 

Thomas Hoepker’s photographic reminiscences of East Germany.
The charm of the photographs by Thomas Hoepker lies in their documentary quality, their authenticity, and their testimonial character, for they were produced by an impartial eye. Hoepker was a photojournalist for magazines such as Stern and Geo for many years. In the early seventies he and his wife, journalist Eva Windmöller, were accredited in the German Democratic Republic, and they spent several years reporting on politics and everyday life in East Berlin. In this book, Hoepker documents life in East Germany from 1959 to the political... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

GERMANY. East Berlin. The rear window of a "Trabbi" (Trabant)... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

East Germany/East Berlin. The songwriter and political activist... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY (GDR). East Berlin. 1959. FDJ (Free German Youth)... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

East Germany, East Berlin. A parade marking the tenth anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. 1959. East Berlin. Shop window with text "Chemistry... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Ten Year anniversary of GDR,... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Store window displaying rubber... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. Festivities for the 10th Anniversary... 

Thomas Hoepker 1959

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1959. The interior of the Friedrichstrasse... 

Thomas Hoepker 1970

EAST GERMANY. 1970. Rostock. 

Thomas Hoepker 1970

EAST GERMANY. 1970. Heiligendamm. Baltic Sea. 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. Berlin. Children playing at the Berlin Wall in Berlin-Wedding.... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. Berlin. 1963. Children playing at the Berlin Wall in... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

West Germany, Berlin. 1963. Children playing at the Western side... 

Thomas Hoepker 2005

GERMANY, Berlin, 1963. Children climbing at the Berlin Wall in... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

Berlin, Germany. A child playing by the Berlin Wall. The latin... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. Berlin. 1963. A girl on an overpass at the Berlin Wall... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. West Berlin. 1963. Child with scooter at the Berlin... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. Berlin. 1963. A young boy playing with an East German... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

Berlin, Germany. A boy playing with an East German guard behind... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. West Berlin. 1963. Girl and West Berlin Policeman in... 

Thomas Hoepker 1963

GERMANY. Berlin. 1963. Children playing on the western side of... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. Halle-Neustadt, Saxony-Anhalt. Modern concrete-slab... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

GERMANY. Dem. Rep. 1975. East Berlin view from Hotel Berlin... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

East Germany/East Berlin. A married couple at a coffee table... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

EAST GERMANY. 1974. At building site. 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. Leipzig. 1975. Fair Showcasing a "Chippendale"... 

Thomas Hoepker 1976

EAST GERMANY. Berlin. 1976. Snow over the ruins at "Gendarmenmarkt"... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EASR GERMANY, GDR, 1975. Small private grocery store in Hoppenrade,... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

EAST GERMANY. 1974. Dispatcherin. 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. 1975. Women, members of a LPG are planting potatoes... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. 1975. Near Hoyerswerda, youth are gathering outside... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

East Germany/East Berlin. Wreath-laying ceremony at the Soviet... 

Thomas Hoepker 2010

EAST GERMANY. Mecklenburg. 1975. Village Wedding. Bride and a... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

GERMANY. Berlin, 1975. Demonstration in Berlin in the district... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1974. Platz der Akademie (formerly... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1975. Poster "Our hero of work is... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. 1975. World Women conference. Women in the audience... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

GERMANY. East Berlin. The "Betriebskampftruppen" in East Berlin... 

Thomas Hoepker 1984

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1984. Covered car in Friedrichshain... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

EAST GERMANY. Ruegen. 1974. Vacationers in the woods on the shore... 

Thomas Hoepker 1990

GERMANY. 1990. Ascension Day celebration near Zittau, Saxony,... 

Thomas Hoepker 1984

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1975. - two women chatting in a backyard... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1974. Two men deliver brown coal to... 

Thomas Hoepker 1976

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. 1975. Blue Traband in Prenzlauer Berg... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY, East Berlin. Fading Insciptions on walls in Prenzlauer... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

EAST GERMANY. East Berlin. May 1, 1975. A May Day demonstration... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

GERMANY. East Berlin. Street in the district of Prenzlauer Berg.... 

Thomas Hoepker 1991

Eastern Germany, street in Halle with old bakery. 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

GERMANY. Bautzen, 1974. Dilapidated house in Bautzen during an... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. Thuringia. Weimar. 1975. A woman in a bikini works... 

Thomas Hoepker 1990

EAST GERMANY. 1990. Espenhain, Saxony. Boy with guinea pig in... 

Thomas Hoepker 1975

East Germany, Sorbic minority. Farmers gather in a village near... 
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