Osterode was one time a border town only a few miles from the east-west border. One of the reason Polychrome set up a factory there was said to be the tax incentive from German government to encourage business to be near such somewhat "undesirable" location. When we first visited Osterode plant, the biggest attraction after work was to be taken to the fence dividing east-west and watch the East German guard watching us. The town was not highly industrialized, then only one Panasonic factory and another small specialty factory were there. (But two Chinese restaurants!)
This photo was from 1975 when the management organized soccer game between Osterode team and Berwick team. The time was still "good old days" unlike the modern profit oriented businesslike era.
Typical houses in Osterode and elsewhere in Germany
te Brommelstrot chatting and Evangelos Karanastasis watching
