The unbelievable true story of the Cold War’s strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall.
Living in West Berlin in the 1960s often felt like living in a zoo, everyone packed together behind a...
HISTORY / Europe / Germany
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Author:Mohnhaupt, J. W., Frisch, ShelleySummary: -
Author:Figes, OrlandoSummary:Nearly all of civilization's great advances have come when people, ideas, and artistic creations circulate freely between nations. Orlando Figes offers the first international history of European culture.
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Author:Rees, LaurenceSummary:Briefly allies during World War II, Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin then tried to exterminate each other. Millions of miles of Eastern Europe were ruined in their fight to the death, millions of lives sacrificed. Laurence Rees has pieced...
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Author:Huber, FlorianSummary:By the end of April 1945 in Germany, the Third Reich had fallen and invasion was underway. As the Red Army advanced, horrifying stories spread about the depravity of its soldiers. For many German people, there seemed to be nothing left...
