1963_12a index

Location: Berlin D
Camera: Kodak 35
AFS Germany trip to Berlin, 12/6-11/1968. See also: 1964 Berlin trip with Gossmanns.

AFS Germany exchange students visited Berlin as a group 12/6-11/1963, two weeks after JFK was killed. SAN kept a detailed list of slide dates and subjects for this trip.

Subject: AFS Germany trip to Berlin.
Date: 12/6-11/1963.
Location: Berlin
See also: 1964 Berlin slides.
Originals: Kodachrome 35mm slides.
Digitized: 8/25/08 with Nikon Coolscan 5000 scanner, 5782 x 3946, TIFF output, 16 bit depth; JPEG conversion via ImageMagick at full resolution.
From: PNN Cavalcade tray #S5, undated; ERN label "S Berlin 1", SAN label "12/63 Berlin (I)".

These slides were developed in Germany, so the slide mounts are undated. Sadly, all are underexposed, not adjusted for the bleak Berlin winter weather.

p01-p02: Templehof airport.
p03-p05: Checkpoint Charlie.
p06-p07: Wall graffito "13000 Frauen von ihren Männern getrennt! Wie lange noch?" (13000 wives separated from their husbands! How much longer?).
p10: Gedächtniskirche.
p14 ff.: Philharmonie.
p21: Deutsche Oper, where we heard a wonderful Elektra.
p23-p25: Brandenburger Tor, with Wall.
p26-p27: Russisches Ehrenmal in light snow with Reichstag behind.
p28: Reichstag.
p29-p30: Siegessäule.
p33-p34: Kongresshalle.
p39: Airlift memorial at Templehof.