The spectacular "donation" of 100,000 images by the German National Archives (Bundesarchiv) includes hundreds of theatre exteriors and interiors, mostly from the former GDR, but also from the old West.


Photo: Müller, CC-BY-SA (Source)

Some examples:

• Admiralspalast Berlin
• Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin
• Kino International Berlin (and more)
• Komische Oper Berlin
• Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
• Palast der Republik Berlin
• Schillertheater Berlin
• Staatsoper Berlin
• Theater der Freundschaft Berlin
• Opernhaus Chemnitz
• Staatstheater Cottbus
• Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
• Kulturpalast Dresden
• Semperoper Dresden
• Opernhaus Halle
• Staatsoper Hamburg
• Neues Gewandhaus Leipzig
• Opernhaus Leipzig
• Schauspielhaus Leipzig
• Theater Magdeburg
• Stadttheater Meißen
• Schauspielhaus Potsdam

East London Theatre Archive
http://www.elta-project.org/home.html

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