berlin wall
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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