Content note: Photograph of a military parade with a board using the GDR's official name for the Berlin Wall ('antifaschistischer Schutzwall'); the agency caption lists named officials. This object is shown as it was published. Why
"25 Jahre antifaschistischer Schutzwall": Kampfappell parade, Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin
A parade of uniformed units in steel helmets passes a red-draped reviewing stand on a Berlin boulevard. Behind the stand is a large white board showing the Brandenburg Gate and the GDR flag with the dates 1961 and 1986 and the words "25 Jahre antifaschistischer Schutzwall". Flags hang from the balconies of the apartment block. The wording gives a border fortification the name of a defence against fascism, and the anniversary board treats it as a milestone to be celebrated.
- Date
- August 13, 1986
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- ADN-Zentralbild (GDR state news agency), photographer Klaus Franke; state parade of the Kampfgruppen, National People's Army, border troops and the Feliks Dzierzynski guard regiment
- Country
- East Germany
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Willi Stoph
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Techniques
- Euphemism / doublespeakTransfer
- Leader
- Willi Stoph
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-1986-0813-460, via Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Bundesarchiv release on Wikimedia Commons; file page states the licence)
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1986-0813-460 / Franke, Klaus / CC-BY-SA 3.0 de
Text on the object
1961 1986 25 Jahre antifaschistischer Schutzwall
1961 1986 25 years anti-fascist protective rampart
Read from the board at left of the committed image; the GDR flag and the Brandenburg Gate appear above the dates.
