The Cold War was a time of Paranoia. Mistrust against who and what was coming from Eastern Europe behind the Iron Curtain. A time of strong military presence all over. A time of propaganda on both sides. Until Michail Gorbachews Glasnost and Peristroika. This was the beginning of the end.
Brandenburg Gate during Cold War/ Berlin / Germany 1979 / © Meinrad Heck
On the way to East Berlin / German Democratic Republic 1979 / © Meinrad Heck
The Wall / Berlin / Germany / © Meinrad Heck
Inside Palace of the Republic / East Berlin / German Democtratic Republic 1979 / © Meinrad Heck
Café Slavia / Prague / Czechoslovakia 1989 / © Meinrad Heck
Hradshin / Prague / Czechoslovakia 1989 / © Meinrad Heck
Famous Trabant Car the year before opening the iron curtain / Budapest / Hungaria 1988 © Meinrad Heck
Reforger Maneuver in Europe during the Cold War. The biggest with a mobilization of more than 124 000 NATO troops was held in autumn 1988 / Germany 1988 © Meinrad Heck
Curious kids watch the arrival of tanks at a train station during NATO Reforger Maneuver / Germany 1988 © Meinrad Heck
Hawk Air Defence Missiles without any security escort on german roads during NATO Maneuver Reforger / Germany 1988 © Meinrad Heck
A rare and secretly shot picture of a mobile Pershing II nuclear midrange missile unit maneuvering during Cold War in the forest/ Germany 1986 © Meinrad Heck
Phantom Fighter Jet exercising during Cold War / Germany 1986 / © Meinrad Heck
Soviet Leader Michail Gorbatchov is welcomed at his state visit in Germany on the first anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall/ Speyer /Germany 1990 / © Meinrad Heck
The man who ended the Cold War: Soviet Leader Michail Gorbatchov on state visit / Germany 1990 / © Meinrad Heck
On their way to the West / near Budapest / Hungary 1988 / © Meinrad Heck