Soon after I arrived in Berlin, my German friend suggested I go with her to Frankfurt Oder, a town about an hour north of Berlin, once part of the GDR. While she met with union members at the local hospital, I could wander around, exploring and even walk across the border on the bridge to […]
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City of Life: Berlin
The first time I was in Berlin was in 1962, the wall had gone up in 1961, and I wanted to go into East Berlin. I was traveling with 3 other girls from Brooklyn and convinced them that it would be a great adventure. So we changed our marks on the black market for East […]