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The Strange Afterlife of the Berlin Wall

65 years on, there are still those who defend the GDR’s border regime

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Katja Hoyer
Aug 23, 2026
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Berlin Wall viewed from West Berlin, 1976. Img: I. Metzner, CC BY-SA 3.0.

A strange article made the rounds on social media this week. Published under the title “65 years since the construction of the…

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