To my knowledge this kind of exercise was mandatory for all pupils from 9th grade on. Boys would also be taught the basics of weapon use and urban warfare in preparation for a possible invasion by Nato. I don’t know if the weapon training was mandatory in all parts of the GDR or only around Berlin/Brandenburg and other areas that likely would become battlefields.
spiritualskywalker
She was so pretty! I’m wish she’d lose a little weight and do something different with her hair.
chainlinkfenceguy
I once read that when Merkel and Putin meet they still speak through translators, even though Merkel (who grew up in East Germany) speaks fluent Russian and Putin (who worked for the KGB in East Germany) speaks fluent German. I thought that was hilarious!
jelsomino
East Germany uniform does look like Wermacht’s. And I thought that Top Secret joke was far fetched
SMS_Scharnhorst
her upbringing guides her decisions to this day
vcela5
black and white photos make things look so much older, if you asked me I would have said this is from the 40s of 50s
IMR800X
And she’s still an ugly little commie quisling.
doriangray42
You get the vibes from the officer beside her, "look at that dorky chemist smiling, she’ll never amount to anything"…
khegiobridge
Everyone is out of step in the formation. My old drill sargents would lose their minds if they saw this pic.
ReinhardBurken
To my knowledge this kind of exercise was mandatory for all pupils from 9th grade on. Boys would also be taught the basics of weapon use and urban warfare in preparation for a possible invasion by Nato. I don’t know if the weapon training was mandatory in all parts of the GDR or only around Berlin/Brandenburg and other areas that likely would become battlefields.
spiritualskywalker
She was so pretty! I’m wish she’d lose a little weight and do something different with her hair.
chainlinkfenceguy
I once read that when Merkel and Putin meet they still speak through translators, even though Merkel (who grew up in East Germany) speaks fluent Russian and Putin (who worked for the KGB in East Germany) speaks fluent German. I thought that was hilarious!
jelsomino
East Germany uniform does look like Wermacht’s. And I thought that Top Secret joke was far fetched
SMS_Scharnhorst
her upbringing guides her decisions to this day
vcela5
black and white photos make things look so much older, if you asked me I would have said this is from the 40s of 50s
IMR800X
And she’s still an ugly little commie quisling.
doriangray42
You get the vibes from the officer beside her, "look at that dorky chemist smiling, she’ll never amount to anything"…
khegiobridge
Everyone is out of step in the formation. My old drill sargents would lose their minds if they saw this pic.