Iconic photo

Half a block away from Bernauer Strasse an iconic photo was taken when the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961. The photo shows a young East German soldier right when he defects East Berlin by jumping across the barbed wire

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Berlin - 2014

October 31st 2014
Two days in Berlin - too little but it was all we could take off from work this time Leonard Cohen once wrote the lines "First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin". We took his lyrics literally and, having visited Manhattan earlier this year, we headed off to Berlin for a weekend. We have been to Berlin before[/url ... read more

Europe » Germany » Berlin » Berlin

As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more

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