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East Berlin

American  

noun

  1. Berlin3


East Berlin British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Russian House of Science and Culture, a seven-storey building opened in 1984 in what was then East Berlin, is located near the Russian embassy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

In 1974 he left Poland, ostensibly to spend the weekend in East Berlin.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024

Barenboim was credited with leading the Staatsoper, which is located in what was communist East Berlin until 1990 and is one of three opera houses in reunited Germany’s capital, to world renown after reunification.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 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

After dark, he crawled under the fences into East Berlin, took off the top layer, stashed it for later, and walked down the street in the clean suit.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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