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Director of Checkpoint Charlie museum gives birth to her 10th child at 66 years old
The director of Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie museum, Alexandra Hildebrandt, 66, has just welcomed her 10th child.
Object lesson
East Germany’s indestructible glass
Beer glasses that can fall on the floor without breaking? Superfest Glas sounds like magic – but […]
Short Escapes
Hot dogs in a washing machine? This Berlin Cold War bunker is weirder than you think
Take a historical deep dive with a guided tour through Bunker Ladeburg, a former DDR command post […]
History
Inside the ruins of Waldhof am Bogensee: A Nazi villa turned Communist youth school
Hidden deep in the woods north of Berlin, the Waldhof am Bogensee, once a Nazi propaganda minister's […]
Review
Why the Humboldt Forum’s exhibition ‘Beyond Borders: Artistic Internationalism in the GDR’ got it so wrong
Now on at the Humboldt Forum, 'Beyond Borders' aims to explore the GDR's international artistic connections, but falls […]
Made in Berlin
Berliner Luft: The untold history of Berlin’s favourite minty liquor
From its humble beginnings in Russia to the drink of resistance under the DDR, Berliner Luft has […]
