My latest post with a tale from the treasure trove of The Berlin Companion: vanishing trains, quarrelling cities and a tunnel that was a status statement.
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16 June 2017. German politician Helmut Kohl died (aged 87). He was Chancellor of West Germany between 1982 and 1990 and of reunited Germany from 1990 to 1998. He oversaw the reunification of Germany and his 16-year tenure is the longest of any German Chancellor since Bismarck.
#OnThisDay in 1953 around 1m people in former East Germany took to the streets to protest against the regime, demanding free elections and the reunification of Germany.
The largely peaceful uprising was violently suppressed, 55 people died and more than a thousand were arrested.
This notorious spot in Berlin received its name from the NATO phonetic alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. From 1961 to 1990, Checkpoint Charlie was the most well known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. Have you ever visited?
18 June 1974: the GDR national team celebrates taking the lead against Chile in the 1974 World Cup. The match finished 1:1 #OTD 50 years ago (via Bundesarchiv)