Postcard made in the DDR with the Fernsehturm Tower in Berlin. The Fernsehturm in central Berlin was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of Communist power.
It remains a landmark to this day. With a height of 368 metres (1,207 ft) (including antenna) it is the tallest structure in Germany, and the third tallest structure in the European Union. When built it was the fourth tallest freestanding structure in the world after the Empire State Building and the John Hancock Center.