East Berlin

American  

noun

1. Berlin3

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East Berlin British  

noun

1. (formerly) the part of Berlin under East German control

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Example Sentences

From the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the home of Health and Human Services, the result of the 1962 principles was a District of Columbia imbued with the light charm of Soviet-era East Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

All told, Schlemmer has seen 60 Springsteen concerts in 11 countries around the world since her first in East Berlin in 1988 — a record-breaking, history-changing concert with more than 300,000 spectators that some historians believe may have contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall just 16 months later.

From Los Angeles Times

On 29 March 1974, 38-year-old Kukuczka, a firefighter, entered the Polish embassy on East Berlin's Unter den Linden boulevard with a briefcase.

From BBC

Erpenbeck, 57, was born and raised in East Berlin, which was part of East Germany until the country disappeared with German reunification in 1990.

From Seattle Times