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West Berlin

noun

  1. Berlin3



West Berlin

noun

  1. (formerly) the part of Berlin under US, British, and French control

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He has drawn inspiration from his experiences under communism, and the extensive travels he undertook after first moving abroad in 1987 to West Berlin for a fellowship.

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The FBI has also claimed he had admitted building a device which exploded in a West Berlin nightclub in 1986, killing three people, including two US servicemen, and injuring dozens more.

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Mark me: In the bombed-out hovels of West Berlin, there was a first drag show to hail the city’s resurrection.

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A former East German secret police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering a Polish man attempting to flee to West Berlin 50 years ago.

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She lived for a time in West Berlin.

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