The Secret Policeman's Ball
March 8th 2011 I’d only been in town 36 hours, but felt like I’d achieved a lot. Up to that point the changes from 1989 had been minimal apart from a few examples of Soviet architecture in central Potsdam and some bleak views from the train heading in from Karlshorst. The level of construction was high – plenty of work for the Auf Weidersehen lads or their new equivalent then. I strolled up to Potsdamer Pl
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