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
As interior minister of West Germany, he co-signed the treaty in East Berlin that unified the country in August 1990.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
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
East Berlin was now losing a thousand people a day.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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