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Should East German Symbols Be Banned Like The Nazi Swastika?

Selling all things GDR near Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie
Selling all things GDR near Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie Keith Cooper

After a wave of nostalgia for the Communist regime of East Germany, debate is opened in Germany about whether Communism was as bad as Nazism.

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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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