Berlin
The Friedhofsbahn quickly and cheaply transported residents of Berlin-Wannsee, Germany, to the Südwestkerkhof until the GDR cut the line in 1961.
Berlin
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Berlin
Ignoring the 46-meter-high Bierpinsel in the Steglitz district of Berlin is difficult. In the observation tower from the 1970s, you could eat, drink and dance.
Berlin
Until the middle of the twentieth century, loaded freight wagons rolled by at the Tempelhof railway yard, the boiling steam from locomotives spewed in all directions and smoked like burned coal. The mile-long railway yard was built in 1889 and expanded like crazy.
Berlin
In every district of Berlin, you will still come across Russian memorials for the soldiers of the Red Army who died in the Second World War.
Berlin
In the middle of Berlin, on the border between Kreuzberg and Neukölln, a temple was built in the 1930s by the National Socialists in honor of the fallen soldiers of WWI.
Berlin
On the former GDR border between West and East Berlin, you will find the forgotten remains of the wastewater treatment plant of a disappeared textile factory.
Berlin
Victorious look, fist in the air and a waving flag decorated with a hammer and sickle: the bronze bust for the communist leader Ernst Thälmann survived the fall of the GDR.
Berlin
A 75-year-old scale model is the only reminder of the plans for constructing a new southern curve featuring a steep banking on the AVUS circuit in Berlin.
Berlin
April 19, 1970. Almost 100 years after Lenin's birth, the GDR regime unveils a monument in honor of the Russian leader on Leninplatz in East Berlin.
Berlin
The Berlin Wall has still not revealed all its secrets: only in 2018 were two forgotten sections of the Wall (re)discovered.
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