SZT6304026: Singer at the Film Ball Munich, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304037: Hellmut Lange at the Film Ball Munich, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304038: Mountaineer Mathias Rebitsch during preparations, 1954 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304041: Alfred Eckert during a balloon ride, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304042: Barbara Valentin at the Film Ball Munich, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304043: Alfred Eckert during a balloon ride, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304045: Hans-Dietrich Genscher at the Film Ball Munich, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304046: Uschi Glas at the Film Ball, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304049: Alfred Eckert during a balloon ride, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304051: Preparations for the record flight with a hot air balloon, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304055: Preparations for the record flight with a hot air balloon, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304059: Preparations for the record flight with a hot air balloon, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304060: Applauding guests at the Film Ball Munich, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304072: Launch of the hot air balloon by Alfred Eckert, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304079: View of the Allgaeu Alps, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304096: Last preparations for a balloon ride, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304103: Filling the hot air balloon of Alfred Eckert, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304110: View of the Allgaeu Alps, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304121: Folding the hot air balloon "Augusta 7", 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304131: Final preparations before the launch of the balloon, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304133: Transport of gas bottles by cable car, 1959 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304553: The mail-order company Quelle (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304557: SPD politician in a sleeping car, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304562: Village Community Center in Rimbach, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304564: Village Community Center in Rimbach, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304570: Village Community Center in Rimbach, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304576: Village Community Center in Rimbach, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304580: Nursery in Rimbach, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304588: Nursery in Rimbach, 1960 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304609: The Nuremberg Toy Fair, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304610: The Nuremberg Toy Fair, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304632: The Nuremberg Toy Fair, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304638: The Nuremberg Toy Fair, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304642: The Nuremberg Toy Fair, 1971 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304644: Johannes Dieckmann, President of the People's Chamber of the GDR, visits Marburg, 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6304657: Johannes Dieckmann, President of the People's Chamber of the GDR, visits Marburg, 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images