Yesterday, I posted a notice on Facebook that I was closing my account at some point within the next two weeks. I am also on the verge of making a similar announcement about my Twitter account followed by closing my LinkedIn site. 180 more words
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Snorkeling at Catalina island, Dominican Republic
Dear readers, in this blog post I am going to describe our fourth day from the five days that my boyfriend and I recently spend in Dominican Republic. 2,256 more words
The Palace of Tears and Separated Families
The “Palace of Tears” at Friedrichstrasse is the ideal location of describing the border experience due to it being the main station for crossing over from East to West Berlin. 459 more words
Georgina, 28, London, UK
When I’m in the peak of an OCD episode, it’s hard to remember the good days.
I think on some level I always knew it was going to be like this for me.
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Corporal climbed over the wall behind a screen where his guardsman couldn’t see him on December 6, 1961, near Strelitzer Straße. Photo by Lindsay Reakes
the wall: a history in obsessive detail
Corporal climbed over the wall behind a screen where his guardsman couldn’t see him on December 6, 1961, near Strelitzer Straße. Photo by Lindsay Reakes… 150 more words
“Stars” on the Boulevard der Stars
Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Platz is located right by where the Berlin Wall originally stood. It is a place of memorial, particularly of the Berlin Wall; but also remembering some figures of Berlin history. 438 more words
Failed crossing attempt on Brunnenstraße, December 12, 1973. Photo by Lindsay Reakes
Unknown person escaped via ladder, September 22, 1961 at Strelitzer Straße. Photo by Lindsay Reakes
September 4, 1963, a guard escaped by jumping the wall when his partner went to buy cigarettes. At new barrier wall at Bernauer Straße. Photo by Lindsay Reakes
Corporal climbed over the wall behind a screen where his guardsman couldn’t see him on December 6, 1961, near Strelitzer Straße. Photo by Lindsay Reakes
Mauer Memorial
Today, in the morning and the afternoon, we attended the Mauer Memorial – The Berlin Wall memorial. This expansive space included a significant amount of information on the building of the wall, the attempts people took to escape East Berlin, and the tunnels around Bernauer Straβe. 294 more words
