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Open Culture
1 month ago
Germany news

How the Berlin Wall Worked: The Engineering & Structural Design of the Wall That Formidably Divided East & West

Life on the edges of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic is explored through the dynamics of the Berlin Wall. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
1 month ago
Germany news

What's in Our Queue? Kleo' and More

Exploring culture after the fall of the Berlin Wall through diverse mediums like art, literature, and music
Discovering lesser-known postwar history and artistic expressions in Germany [ more ]
www.dw.com
2 months ago
Germany news

Ex-Stasi officer faces charges in 1974 Berlin border killing DW 03/14/2024

Former Stasi officer on trial for murder of Polish man attempting to flee to West Berlin.
Charges against the ex-Stasi defendant upgraded from manslaughter to murder. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
2 months ago
Germany news

Former Stasi officer faces trial for 1974 Berlin border shooting

Former Stasi officer denies murder charges related to border crossing incident in 1974
Legal challenges arise in prosecuting communist-era killings in Germany due to statute of limitations [ more ]
www.france24.com
4 months ago
Germany news

Reporters - 'Puzzle Women': Piecing together the files destroyed by East Germany's secret police

Archivists in Germany have been working for 30 years to piece together documents destroyed by the Stasi, the East German secret police.
The archivists, known as the 'Puzzle Women', face a monumental task as they meticulously reassemble tiny paper fragments to reconstruct the history of their fellow citizens. Time is running out as the victims of Stasi surveillance are getting older. [ more ]
www.theguardian.com
5 months ago
Books

Five of the best translated novels of 2023

Javier Marias' final work is a companion novel to its predecessor, Berta Isla, and showcases his unique blend of thriller plots and long, equivocating sentences.
Erpenbeck's novel, Kairos, explores the tensions and pairings of 1980s East Berlin and the ruins left behind by the fall of the Berlin Wall. [ more ]
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 months ago
Design

Col&MacArthur's Wind of Change Timepiece Comes with an Actual Fragment of the Berlin Wall - Yanko Design

The Wind of Change watch by Col&MacArthur commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The watch features a shattered dial with a concrete fragment of the wall and a textured dial with the date of the wall's fall. [ more ]
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 months ago
Berlin

Col&MacArthur's Wind of Change Timepiece Comes with an Actual Fragment of the Berlin Wall - Yanko Design

The Wind of Change watch by Col&MacArthur commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The watch features a shattered dial with a concrete fragment of the wall and a textured dial with the date of the wall's fall. [ more ]
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 months ago
Berlin

Col&MacArthur's Wind of Change Timepiece Comes with an Actual Fragment of the Berlin Wall - Yanko Design

The Wind of Change watch by Col&MacArthur commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The watch features a shattered dial with a concrete fragment of the wall and a textured dial with the date of the wall's fall. [ more ]
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