Abstract

By the mid-1950s, Spain was one of the most popular southern European travel destinations for West German vacationers. In the late 1960s, it even replaced Italy as the Federal Republic’s favorite “tanning bed.” Photo by Benno Wundshammer.

Beach Vacation (1964)

Benno Wundshammer

Source

Source: “Beach paradise with Germans in Spain.” Date: 1964. Photo: Benno Wundshammer.
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Recommended Citation

Beach Vacation (1964), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/ghdi:image-614> [December 20, 2024].

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