Communist Bulgaria was extremely popular with tourists from East Germany/GDR. They loved its sunny beaches and mountain peaks, the countryside as well as the cities. As a matter of fact Bulgaria was the southernmost destination East Germans could travel to, the footpath in the town of Melnik for instance was lined with warning signs in German, that beyond was a border zone and trespassers will be shot.
Tourists from Germany's eastern parts wrote back home, often ecstatic about their stay in Bulgaria. Some of these postcards have now found their way into the interactive DDR Museum in Berlin. Here are a few of them, from 1970s-early 1980s.
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