35 years after the Berlin Wall opened, fragments of East Germany’s border remain
Most of communist East Germany’s heavily fortified border was torn down quickly after it was opened in 1989, but there are ...
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How the Berlin Wall Became a 100-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Trail
Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...
‘Dancing through the darkness’: How Berlin rekindled its hedonistic heyday as a home for misfits
Socialist classicism gave out to glass and steel as I arrived at Potsdamer Platz. Once the beating heart of a pre-war Berlin, ...
Hawaii Tribune-Herald4d
Steves: In Berlin, keep your eye on the wall
Today, after decades of being nearly devoured by persistent “wall-peckers,” little remains of the grandest souvenir of Cold ...
Cambridge University Press10d
City-Text as Mapping a Territory: “Polish” Streets in Berlin
and today many people living in Germany no longer perceive these place names as part of the German past, but as a reference to the Polish present. (Loew Reference Loew2018, own translation) Berlin’s ...
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Berlin in the 1990s: Playground and wasteland
People's lives were ... ever Love Parade in 1990, a street party disguised as a demonstration that became a hugely popular event, is one of two key visuals used in promotion for the exhibition. Behind ...
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The Berlin Wall: a divide that once shaped German women's lives apart still echoes today
BERLIN (AP) — Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work ...
35 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, echoes of east-west division linger
The wall, which separated East and West Germany, stood for 28 years before it was torn down in 1989. #EuropeNews ...
Tens of thousands celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago with concerts and art installations
BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital on Saturday with open-air concerts, art installations and official events commemorating ...
8 Essential Guidelines to Plan for an International Marathon
A lot goes into stepping up to the starting line at a major race. Follow these 8 guidelines to set yourself up for the best ...
The Washington Post25d
A sweeping but intimate novel about Berlin after the wall fell
Carl and many of the other young people that dot the novel seem adrift and apathetic. Given how shrouded in mythology that moment has become — Berlin’s version of interwar Paris, or Greenwich ...