These fascinating photos which captured street scenes of Germany were taken by Roger W during his summer-long trip in Europe in 1963.
“I had seen much of Germany while I was in the Army in 1960-1961. I concentrated on places I had not been, including a Rhine cruise, Nuremberg, Regensburg, and above all Berlin.”
![]() |
The historic arsenal, on the east end of Unter den Linden, East Berlin |
![]() |
Theater des Westens, Berlin |
![]() |
Ulrichskirche, Regensburg |
![]() |
Unter den Linden, East Berlin |
![]() |
Vierzehnheiligen |
![]() |
View from the Siegessäule (victory column) in Berlin |
![]() |
Zell, on the Mosel river |
![]() |
A small monument to East Germans who died, attempting to get to West Berlin by jumping out of higher windows on Bernauer Strasse |
![]() |
Albrecht-Dürer-Haus, Nürnberg |
![]() |
Altes Rathaus, Regensburg |
![]() |
Berlin, looking east from the Funkturm |
![]() |
Bernauer Strasse was the most notorious part of the Berlin Wall |
![]() |
Bernkastel from Burg Landshut |
![]() |
Buildings in East Berlin, near the Wall and Checkpoint Charlie |
![]() |
Cafe Kranzler, Berlin |
![]() |
Cathedral and Stone Bridge, Regensburg |
![]() |
Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin |
![]() |
‘Der Sozialismus Siegt’ (Socialism is Victorious) is one of the slogans that the East German regime used, Berlin |
![]() |
East Berlin from the Berlin Wall |
![]() |
Frauenkirche, Nürnberg |
![]() |
Fuggerei, Augsburg |
![]() |
Funkturm, Berlin |
![]() |
Georgskirche, Nördlingen |
![]() |
Herrenhausen Garden, Hannover |
![]() |
Hotel Bären, Freiburg |
![]() |
Kaiserburg, Nürnberg |
![]() |
Karl Marx Allee, East Berlin |
![]() |
Karl Marx Allee, East Berlin |
![]() |
Kurfürstendamm and Leierkasten Player, Berlin |
![]() |
Löpsinger Tor, Nördlingen |
![]() |
Marienkirche, East Berlin |
![]() |
Mauthalle, Nürnberg |
![]() |
Maximilianstrasse, Augsburg |
![]() |
North from Georgskirche, Nördlingen |
![]() |
Nürnberg from Castle |
![]() |
Old City Hall, Munich |
![]() |
Old houses in Segringerstrasse, in the center of Dinkelsbühl, on the ‘Romantic Road’ in Germany |
![]() |
Ostengasse, Regensburg |
![]() |
Part of the old city wall in Kronach |
![]() |
Perlachturm, Augsburg |
![]() |
Rathaus, Deggendorf |
![]() |
Rhine River Boat, Mainz |
![]() |
Schöner Brunnen, Nürnberg |
![]() |
Schwabentor, Freiburg |
![]() |
Siegessäule, Berlin |
![]() |
Sinwellturm, Nürnberg |
![]() |
Soviet Monument, Berlin |
![]() |
Spittlertor, Nürnberg |
![]() |
The Allied Checkpoint in Helmstedt on the Autobahn to Berlin |
![]() |
The Fembohaus, Nürnberg |