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    West Berlin (German: Berlin (West) or West-Berlin, German pronunciation: [ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn] ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of...
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    Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's...
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    and south-west of Berlin. Their spearheads had met elements of the 1st Belorussian Front west of Berlin, completing the investment of the city. Meanwhile...
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    the day Germany was officially reunified, East and West Berlin formally reunited as the city of Berlin. With the London Protocol of 1944 signed on 12 September...
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    the people of West Berlin, a difficult feat given the size of the city and the population. American and British air forces flew over Berlin more than 250...
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    Berlin U-Bahn (German: [ˈuː baːn]; short for Untergrundbahn, "underground railway") is a rapid transit system in Berlin, the capital and largest city...
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    The Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (German: Königliches Schloss), adjacent to the Berlin Cathedral and the Museum...
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    The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin of the Federal Republic...
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    way to stop its "brain drain" as its population fled west through Berlin, made possible by the city's four-power status and the allowance of free travel...
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    It is one of Berlin's main commercial areas, and was the commercial centre of former West Berlin when the city was divided by the Berlin Wall. The area...
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    and since 2001 part of the merged district of Tempelhof-Schöneberg) of West Berlin. The entertainment venue was commonly frequented by United States soldiers;...
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    West and East. With the reunification of Germany in 1990, Berlin was restored as the capital and as a major world city. The origin of the name Berlin...
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    Mitte (redirect from Berlin city centre)
    between East Berlin and West Berlin. Mitte encompasses Berlin's historic core and includes some of the most important tourist sites of Berlin like the Reichstag...
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    heading north-west towards Berlin while other armies headed west towards a section of the United States Army front line south-west of the city who were on...
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    denounced as "complete trash" by West Berlin Mayor Walter Momper. Hundreds of refugees crowded onto the steps of the West German embassy in Prague, enraging...
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  • simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period as a Western...
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    in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to...
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    of a great East–West city axis, which included broadening Charlottenburger Chaussee (today Straße des 17. Juni) and placing the Berlin Victory Column in...
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    Regierender Bürgermeister) of Berlin is the head of government, presiding over the Berlin Senate. As Berlin is an independent city as well as one of the constituent...
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    The capital of Germany is the city state of Berlin. It is the seat of the President of Germany, whose official residence is Schloss Bellevue. The Bundesrat...
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    Berlin (/ˈbɜːrlɪn/ BUR-lin) is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coös County in northern New Hampshire, United States. It is the northernmost city...
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  • During the division of Germany (1945–1990), West Berlin was controlled by the Western Allies (United States, United Kingdom, France), but was completely...
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  • The Berlin Crisis of 1958–1959 was a crisis over the status of West Berlin during the Cold War. It resulted from efforts by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev...
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    terminus of the railway linking Berlin with Lehrte, near Hanover, which later became Germany's most important east–west main line. In 1882, with the completion...
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    the city-state of Berlin had a population of 3,769,495 registered inhabitants in an area of 891.82 square kilometers (344.33 sq mi). The city's population...
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    authority in West Berlin. Police brutality by East Berlin Police against the Berlin city council and anti-Communist demonstrators in East Berlin led to the...
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    Checkpoint Charlie (category Berlin Wall)
    Charlie (or "Checkpoint C") was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991), as named by...
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    Euro 2024, including the final. During the 1912 Summer Olympics, the city of Berlin was designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host...
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    Berlin (/ˈbɜːrlɪn/ BUR-lin) is a city in Green Lake and Waushara counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,571 at the 2020 census...
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    Berlin, and the adjacent museums. Charlottenburg was an independent city to the west of Berlin until 1920 when it was incorporated into "Groß-Berlin"...
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