East Berlin
Americannoun
noun
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In Prenzlauer Berg, a former East Berlin neighbourhood that has so far resisted the likes of McDonald's and Starbucks, there are already six branches.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
Prosecutors say that on 29 March 1974 the 38-year-old victim entered the Polish embassy in East Berlin carrying a fake bomb and demanded that officials let him cross the border into West Germany.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023
Anatol Ugorski, 80, a classical pianist who left the Soviet Union in 1990 to land in East Berlin and start a musical career when he was approaching 50, died Sept. 5.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Nowhere was the Cold War more proximate than in this walled city, as Soviet missiles in East Berlin threatened West Berlin.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023
Soon afterward, Markus Wolf retreated to his country home, far away from the angry crowds in East Berlin.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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