Deutche Demokrtisch Republik (DDR) (Former) East Germany After the Berlin wall fell, they ventured into East Germany.  During the trip, Marty and Bob entered East Germany through the southern border and travelled in Bob's 1975 Chevy Nova northward through Weisenfels, Magdeburg, Plauen, Dresden, Meissen, Naumburg, Grossenhain, and finally East Berlin.  The border crossings had only been open for a short time, and the signs of communist oppression were still prevalent throughout the country.  Soviet soldiers still occupied their garrisons as their quest for world domination came to an end.

Part of the famed Iron Curtain complete with a guard tower in the background.

Marty and Bob at the Brandenburg Gate.

Close up of guard tower along the southern border of East and West Germany.

Note the East German symbol removed from the circle.

East German AN-2 "Colt" parked at Grossenhain Airfield.  The AN-2 Colt was used as an intelligence gathering plane as well as an insertion platform for special forces troops.

Marty and Bob around the bend from the front gate of a Soviet garrison near Naumburg. (Not one of the smartest things we ever did).

The local communist party headquarters for Dresden.

MI-24 "Hind" photographed over the skies of Dresden in southern East Germany.

Soviet patrol vehicle north of Naumburg.

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