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@rennig73.bsky.social

Writer, Berlin, Germany, Cold War, History, WW2, New Wave, Ska, cricket, LUFC https://m.facebook.com/people/Paul-Grant/100032893586036/

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OberbaumbrΓΌcke, 1961 - when it served as a border crossing between East and West Berlin

22.11.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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June 1973 Strausberger Platz
#coldwar #Berlin #DDR
Photo: Goetze

04.11.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Day the Soviets Arrived to Crush the Prague Spring, in Rarely Seen Photos The photographs show the shock and grief of ordinary Prague citizens, as well as residents’ efforts to impede and obstruct the plans of occupying troops.

Rarely seen photos that painstakingly document the Soviet invasion of Prague in 1968 serve as a reminder of the limitations of authoritarian solutions.

30.09.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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A World in Color, in partnership with Fujifilm and MPP, reveals its latest chapter dedicated to Germany, featuring unseen images from Magnum’s color archive πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ During the four decades of Germany'... A World in Color, in partnership with Fujifilm and MPP, reveals its latest chapter dedicated to Germany, featuring unseen images from Magnum’s color archive πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ During the four decades of Germany's pa...

Fremd im eigenen Land?
Aus gegebenem Anlass.

A World in Color: A Divided Germany
A selection of unseen images from the Magnum archive documents the two faces of Germany in the 20th century, captured by Magnum photographers in vivid color.
www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture...

25.09.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Approx. 1963 - Reichstag - Sector Border
Photo: Maschke
#coldwar #DDR #berlinwall

17.11.2024 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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March 1972 - Heidelberger Str. / Treptower Str.
#berlin #berlinwall #ColdWar #ddr
Photo: Goetze

24.10.2023 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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June 1962 - Niederkirchnerstraße
#berlin #ddr #ColdWar #berlinwall
Photo: Goetze, Rolf

20.10.2023 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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7 November 1976 - Bahnhof Alexanderplatz / Hotel Stadt Berlin
Photo: Kulka / Bundesarchiv
#DDR #Coldwar #EastBerlin #Berlin

18.11.2024 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1984 - SchΓΆnhauser Allee ecke Dimitroffstrasse
Photo: Rudi Meisel
#ddr #eastberlin #coldwar #berlin

23.11.2024 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Aug 1968 - Bernauer Strasse / Fernsehturm
#Coldwar #DDR #Berlinwall #Berlin
Photo: Goetze, Rolf

26.04.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Christmas, Berlin 1961

A couple from West Berlin waving to family in East Berlin...

25.12.2024 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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1984 - SchΓΆnhauser Allee ecke Dimitroffstrasse
Photo: Rudi Meisel
#ddr #eastberlin #coldwar #berlin

23.11.2024 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Keep going - well worth it. One of top five series I’ve watched in last ten years

21.11.2024 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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October 1985 - Taken from a Leipziger Strasse high rise from East #Berlin - view into Kreuzberg, West Berlin
#Berlinwall #ColdWar #DDR
Photo: Page Piorr

02.12.2023 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oct 1964 Brandenburger Tor
Photo: Goetze
#ddr #coldwar #berlinwall #berlin

19.11.2024 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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7 November 1976 - Bahnhof Alexanderplatz / Hotel Stadt Berlin
Photo: Kulka / Bundesarchiv
#DDR #Coldwar #EastBerlin #Berlin

18.11.2024 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Approx. 1963 - Reichstag - Sector Border
Photo: Maschke
#coldwar #DDR #berlinwall

17.11.2024 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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August 1968 - Bernauer Strasse
#berlin #berlinwall #ddr #coldwarhist
Photo: Goetze

15.10.2023 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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June 1962 - View through the to Gendarmenmarkt from the #berlinwall
#ddr #berlin #ColdWar
Photo: Goetze, Rolf

21.10.2023 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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March 1972 - Marx Engels Platz
#Berlin #ColdWar #ddr #gdr
Photo: Goetze

23.10.2023 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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3 Aug 1968 - Bernauer Strasse
#Berlinwall #Berlin #DDR #ColdWar #Fernsehturm
Photo: Goetze

26.10.2023 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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May 1964 - View into East #Berlin from the Reichstag building
#ddr #ColdWar #Berlinwall
Photo: Goetze

27.10.2023 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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13 Aug 1961 - Ebertstraße- Lennestraße
Breakthrough the first rudimentary barrier -
Barbed-wire Sunday
#Berlinwall #Berlin #ColdWar #DDR
Photo: Habans, Patrice

01.11.2023 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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1984 - Schânhauser Allee / Ecke Dimitroffstraße
#DDR #ColdWar #Berlin #EastBerlin
Photo: Rudi Meisel

02.11.2023 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bernauer Strasse / Acker Strasse 1980s
#DDR #Coldwar #Berlinwall

16.11.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nov 1973 - Fernsehturm - Hotel Stadt Berlin
#DDR #ColdWar #Berlin
Photo: Sturm/ Bundesarchiv

06.11.2023 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Konnopke’s Imbiß - SchΓΆnhauser Allee -
Prenzlauer Berg
Photo: Heyden
#DDR #ColdWar #Berlin

21.11.2023 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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1962 - Bernauer Strasse
"This shame has to go!" #Berlinwall
#DDR #Berlin #ColdWar
Photo: Maschke, Herbert

22.11.2023 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1987 - Aerial View of East #Berlin
Berliner Dom - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - People's Palast der Republik - Zeughaus
#DDR #ColdWar
Photo: Not known

27.11.2023 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Velvet 89: educational new game presents events of 1989 to new generation Ahead of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, Danny Bate spoke to designer OndΕ™ej Javora, who was behind the graphics of the new game Velvet 89.

Velvet 89: educational new game presents events of 1989 to new generation

16.11.2024 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0