Source
Source: picture-alliance/ZB (c) dpa-Report
Abstract
On July 1, 1990, the monetary, economic, and social union between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic took effect. This photograph shows a crowd of shoppers peering in the windows of the Centrum department store on Dresden's Altmarkt [Old Market Square]. Inside, the first Western goods were unpacked and put on display in the shop windows.
Monetary Union: First Shipment of Western Goods at a Dresden Department Store (July 1, 1990)
Recommended Citation
Monetary Union: First Shipment of Western Goods at a Dresden Department Store (July 1, 1990),
published in: German History in Documents and Images,
<https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/a-new-germany-1990-2023/ghdi:image-3068>
[May 11, 2024].