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Where It Happened
The Night the Gate Opened: Where It Happened, Episode 6
Episode 6 of Where It Happened: a press conference that said immediately, an officer with no new orders, and the barrier at Bornholmer Straße that went up around half past eleven on 9 November 1989.
Yusuf Ucuz
19 hours ago12 min read
Listening Under the Line: Where It Happened, Episode 5
Episode 5 of Where It Happened: the Cold War listening tunnel under Berlin, the Glienicke Bridge where spies were swapped, and how to stand on the old border today.
Yusuf Ucuz
2 days ago13 min read
Fed From the Air: Where It Happened, Episode 4
Episode 4 of Where It Happened: how the 1948 Berlin airlift fed a blockaded city from the air, and where to stand at Tempelhof today.
Yusuf Ucuz
Oct 3014 min read
The Tanks at Checkpoint Charlie: Where It Happened, Episode 3
Episode 3 of Where It Happened: the sixteen hours in October 1961 when American and Soviet tanks faced each other at Checkpoint Charlie, and where to stand today.
Yusuf Ucuz
Oct 2313 min read
The Captain of Köpenick: Where It Happened, Episode 2
Episode 2 of Where It Happened, my weekly Berlin story podcast: a shoemaker in a secondhand captain's uniform, the Köpenick town hall, and why Germany still laughs at the story.
Yusuf Ucuz
Oct 1613 min read
The Trains That Did Not Stop: Where It Happened, Episode 1
Episode 1 of Where It Happened, my weekly Berlin story podcast: trains that ran beneath East Berlin without stopping, and four places to stand today.
Yusuf Ucuz
Oct 1212 min read
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