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John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 5 Mar 20

My previous post was about having to wait for ages to take this photo! This is probably the best-known image on the East Side Gallery, which is a preserved stretch of the Berlin Wall. It shows the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev...

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Tourists are such a nuisance when you're a tourist!

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 5 Mar 20

There I was in Berlin, quite early one morning last October, and I had just left my hotel to start a day's sightseeing. There were very few people about when I reached the East Side Gallery, which was only a few yards away. This...

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Do you remember the Berlin Wall?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 5 Feb 18

Here's a fascinating fact that only applies today - The Berlin Wall stood for 10,316 days It was torn down 10,316 days ago!

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Degradation of the Berlin Wall

Always smiling @allknowing (153530) • India 29 Mar 17

After unification the Berlin wall so to say became a relic but rather than preserving it was brought down and sold as memorabilias for tourists, available in shops Today the Berlin Wall can be found all over the globe. Parts...

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A Few Interesting Facts To Consider

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 14 Mar 17

There are many little-known-facts that I enjoy finding as I continue to read every morning for at least a half an hour OR I will watch a documentary that I have recorded. Here are a few things that I learned this morning. Did...

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The things you find when you're not looking

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382026) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Feb 16

I was googling Osterwieck, a town not too far from Goslar. My ancestors had connections with both these towns. I clicked on a link that looked interesting and spent a few minutes reading about Winfried Freudenberg who was born in...

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Staying with Friends in Premnitz, Germany

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382026) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Jan 16

Premnitz is situated on the river Havel in the Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany. It was once an important centre for producing synthetic fibres but now industries more in harmony with contemporary environmental policies...

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A piece of the Berlin Wall

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 30 Dec 15

I was never around in Germany to see the Berlin Wall for myself - standing solid and cold but I have visited Germany recently and I absolutely loved it, loved the food, the people and the beautiful countryside and cities. On my...

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...and the walls come a tumbl'n down...

usaction @usaction (649) • United States 2 Oct 11

A little more than 20 yrs ago, The Berlin Wall finally fell. Some may not recall this, depending on various factors, including age, or may have heard about it, but not understood it, really. I know I was still in elementary...