Beautiful Vintage Color Photos of West Berlin in Summer 1953

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After the end of the war, Germany was on its way to rebuild. A divided microcosm of the Cold War by the 1950s, West Berlin, however, was able to emerge from the severe rubble and successfully transformed into a “showcase of the West” from the economic miracle.

Corner-East-West-Axelstrasse

Apt Bldgs destroyed near Potsdamerplatz

Kuefurstendam Strasses

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Olympic Stadium swimming pool

Olympic Stadium swimming pool

Coronation Film Showing

East Berlin Gate

Kaiser Wilhelm Tower

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Crowds at Wannsee

Crowds at Wannsee

Construction

Restaurant

Russian Memorial & Reichstag

Kuefurstendam Strasses

Street scene

Luetzow Platz

Movie theatre

Spree River

Potsdamerplatz at end of street

Olympic Stadium

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Hotel and restaurant

Aerial view of Berlin

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