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GDR border guards shoot man during boat trip in Teltow Canal On 15 June 1965, Hermann Döbler (42) and his companion Elke Märtens (21) are discovered by two border guards during a boat trip on the [...]
GDR border guards shoot man during boat trip in Teltow Canal On 15 June 1965, Hermann Döbler (42) and his companion Elke Märtens (21) are discovered by two border guards during a boat trip on the [...]
How music overcomes the wall In 1987, on the Whitsun weekend in West Berlin, rock superstars such as David Bowie and Genesis joined hands to celebrate the 750th anniversary when they performed at [...]
44 years ago: GDR manages to win group against FRG On 22 June 1974, the professional football teams from East and West Germany met for the only time, and that at the World Cup in West Germany. [...]
How a feast paved the way to freedom On 19 August 1989, a joint picnic of Austrian and Hungarian citizens was to take place in the Sopron border area. The reason for this joint picnic was the [...]
The East German opposition was fed by various sources; among the opposition members were also those who wanted to leave the country and no longer considered the GDR capable of reform. They [...]
Why the nuclear catastrophe failed to materialise Because of the Potsdam Conference, Berlin was divided into four sectors (Soviet Union, France, Great Britain and USA). Thus, as a result of [...]
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