East germany

East German border guards refusing to shake hands at Checkpoint Charlie.

Nikolai Tomsky’s granite Lenin monument, Leninplatz, East Berlin (via here)

During the Cold War, escape attempts from East Germany were thoroughly reenacted

In the summer of 1969 when this photograph was taken, the Television Tower was almost complete. (It was opened on 3rd October). The dome of Berlin Cathdedral can be seen, as well as the spire of St Mary's Chruch and, in the middle distance, the House of the Teachers and its Congress Hall also built in the 1960's. The photograph was taken from the roof of the Interhotel Berolina (built 1961-3, demolished 1996).

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In 1971, my parents and I visited East Berlin shortly after my 13th birthday. The adventure was on a whim, but the experience was a “life changer.” If my memories of the city were not s…

Three decades after the demise of the GDR, its familiar contours keep coming back from the dead.

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