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World Clock at Alexanderplatz in Berlin, March 2018

Travel to Germany: Walking Tour Uses Five Senses to Discover East Berlin of Yesteryear

Jenn
June 17, 2018
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Following Dirk down the sidewalk along Karl-Mark-Allee, a boulevard built during the days of the German Democratic Republic, and looking at the pre-fabricated apartment buildings, I imagined what life was like in a 1949 – 1990 East Berlin behind the Berlin Wall. Admittedly, I am ignorant when it comes to historical events around the GDR, a totalitarian Communist dictatorship, but with each step during the tour, Dirk painted a vivid image of what that life looked like through engaging the five senses.