1953 Press Photo East Berlin Refugees at Emergency Housing Quarters Germany

Refugees from Soviet dominated east Berlin crowd emergency housing quarters in the western sector of the former German capital. The increasing flow of persons seeking political asylum poses a growing problem for authorities. The smiling family group in the foreground appeared unmindful of the close living conditions in their relief at having slipped through the Red curtain. (Germany - Refugees) Berlin

Photo is dated 1953.

Photo measures 7 x 8.5 inches.