Silesian Museum Katowice
The Polish province of Silesia is located in southern Poland, located on the Czech and Slovak borders. The capital is Katowice.
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The Polish province of Silesia is located in southern Poland, located on the Czech and Slovak borders. The capital is Katowice.
In Leipzig, in the old building of the Bezirksverwaltung für Staatssicherheit (Stasi) now houses a museum that recalls the history of this building and the (dark side of) Stasi in the GDR.
During the (1st) Cold War, Berlin was divided into 4 parts. British, American, French and Russian. Between the Russian zone and the other zones was the border (the Berlin wall), but also around the...
Next to Friedrichstraße (Berlin) station is the old entrance building to the platforms for the tracks that went from West to East Berlin
Most of you are familiar with Checkpoint Charlie… (The guardhouse in Berlin), Checkpoint Alpha might just be known (Marienborn Helmstedt), but Checkpoint Bravo? Most people don't know that. To make it a bit clearer, a short intro...
In Hotensleben there is still a piece of the former East / West German border. Special is that this part of the border was / is right next to the village.
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Checkpoint Alpha was located on the border between (former) East and West Germany. Unfortunately, the "west" side has almost disappeared, but on the east side there is still a large part of the old border...