by HF | Apr 3, 2013
Photo Gallery: Berlin, Germany Berlin is Germany’s capital and largest city in area and population. It is both a city and one of Germany’s 16 states (Bundesländer). Home to about 3.4 million residents (4.4 million in the Berlin/Brandenburg metro area), Berlin has a...
by HF | Mar 28, 2013
Martin Luther King Jr. in East and West Berlin German Connections – Black History When Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929, his birth certificate listed his name as “Michael King Jr.” – after his father Michael King Senior....
by HF | Feb 25, 2013
Die Luftbrücke 1948-1949 The Berlin Blockade & Airlift It was the Cuban missile crisis of its day. The building of the Berlin Wall may be more famous, but few Berlin events brought about as much world tension as the Berlin Blockade of 1948-1949. The Allied reponse...
by HF | Feb 25, 2013
The Vanishing Berlin Wall The rise and fall of Berlin’s East Side Gallery Considering just how historical this Berlin landmark is, it’s amazing how much it has been neglected. Past efforts to preserve and renovate the East Side Gallery section of the...
by HF | Feb 25, 2013
The Berlin Wall | A Chronology 1961 is the year the Berlin Wall was first built, but the conditions that led up to its construction began earlier, shortly after the end of the Second World War in 1945. The Berlin Airlift (1948-1949) was the landmark event that most...
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