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Geopolitics

The Hidden Victims Of The Cold War, Shot Down At The Berlin Wall

The Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives, picking up the pieces of Germany's dark past
The Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives, picking up the pieces of Germany's dark past BStU Facebook page

BERLIN – She’ll never know why, on August 7 1970, her father was in the border area near the Berlin Wall. The only thing she knows is that East German border guards fired 177 shots at him. Monika N. was 13 when she lost her father. Her sister was a year older. The worst thing […]

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Society

Senior Squatters Launch *Occupy Your Social Club* Movement

"We're all staying," say the 10 Stille Strasse senior citizens
"We're all staying," say the 10 Stille Strasse senior citizens Stille Straße 10 muss bleiben!

BERLIN – In the posh, lush Pankow neighborhood of East Berlin, nothing indicates that people are squatting the Kunterbunt house. Everything is orderly in the small brownish building, a legacy of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). There are flower bouquets on the tables and water paintings of landscapes hanging on the walls. Yet Doris, […]

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