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Old coal mines transformed into holiday lake resort
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Germany is celebrating the opening of a new lake this summer, one of dozens created by filling former coal mines.
The goal of this massive environmental project is to create Europe's biggest...
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Volunteers try to save historical train simulator
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Germany's first train simulator, trained thousands of drivers from 1969 to 1995.
Today it is open to train enthusiasts to indulge their love of railways.
But to survive it needs an...
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Universal Newsreel: 100,000 In Berlin Defy Reds
Story 12, 100,000 IN BERLIN DEFY REDS,
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Far-right AfD hopes to win big in east Germany
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party hopes to make big gains in two state elections in the country's east on Sunday.
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CLEAN : 30 years after Berlin Wall fell dashed hopes boost far right
A few days before the regional elections Saxony alone concentrates all the ills of these regions of former East Germany (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Prague parade marks 1989 exodus from East Germany
A parade of vintage cars used by thousands who fled East Germany for the Czech Republic in 1989 was held in Prague on Saturday, marking the 30th anniversary of the exodus which led to communism's fall and Germany's reunification.
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German FM marks important chapter in German history
Germany's Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, commemorated an important chapter in his country's history at a news conference in Prague on Monday evening.
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AP reporter recounts covering fall of Berlin Wall
After months of overtime writing about upheaval and protests in East Germany, AP's Frieder Reimold settled in on November 9, 1989, to watch a televised evening briefing by Guenter Schabowski, a member of the Communist country's Politburo.
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Cycling through history 30 years after the Wall
It was a grey morning when students on a school trip from south western Germany jumped on their bicycles to discover one of their country's darkest chapters.
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Escape tunnel under Berlin Wall opened for 1st time
An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall has been opened to the public for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of East Germany's border.
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VOICED : Recomponer archivos hechos pedazos por la Stasi un puzle de millones de piezas
Barbara Poenisch se pasa la mayor parte de los dias recomponiendo la montana de documentos que la Stasi la policia secreta de Alemania del Este trituro o rompio en pedazos durante la caída del Muro de Berlín (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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Chocolate Berlin Wall broken on 30th anniversary
The Berlin Wall has fallen again, but this time it was made entirely from chocolate.
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CLEAN : The Trabant, the cult car of GDR, celebrates its 30th anniversary
On 30 April 1991, the last Trabant rolled off the production line at the Sachsenring car factory in Zwickau (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Cannabis industry wants to get Germany high on its own supply
An old abattoir in a remote part of Saxony, in east Germany, is the unlikely location for an unusual project: one of the country's first legal cannabis farms (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Building of the Berlin Wall, 1961 -2
Building of the Berlin Wall, 1961. Civilians attempt to cross it.
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Building of the Berlin Wall, 1961 -1
Building of the Berlin Wall, 1961. Civilians attempt to cross it and many die.
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Spread of communism throughout Europe and Asia, refugees fleeing, Khrushchev, North Korea, people crossing the Soviet border in Germany
Anti-Communist propaganda film. Refuges, walking barefoot on sand, "fleeing communist countries". Meeting relatives in refugees camp, kissing, embracing. Possibly staged. Communists in Asia, North Korea, mass grave, dead bodies....
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Barbed wire tops the Berlin Wall dividing East and West Germany.
Barbed wire tops the Berlin Wall dividing East and West Germany.
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Building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Relatives wave at each other across the wall and barbed wire.
Anti-Communist propaganda film. August 1961, building of Berlin Wall. People waving to relatives from each side of the wall. Various columns of refugees, in post-war Europe and Asia.
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The Berlin Wall
When East and West Germany were divided, people swam lakes, climbed trains, and jumped out of windows in an attempt to reach West Berlin. Why was the wall erected? Show your high schoolers this moving video.
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
Many walls came down at the end of the 1980s. Not only was the Berlin Wall finally taken down, but communist control in East Germany ended, too. Watch this short video clip to illustrate the emotions that the German people had due to...