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Study German at the TEF Gold-rated University of Portsmouth on England's beautiful South Coast! @UoPSELL, @UoPHumSS & @portsmouthuni (also on 'Blauer Himmel')
Portsmouth, England
Joined July 2013
#Dresden heute Vormittag- von Osten drückten Wolken und die Sonne hatte alsbald keine Chance mehr, Blick von der Marienbrücke
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4 December 2020: the last underground train stopped at Französische Straße station #OTD five years ago. It is now a 'Geisterbahnhof', just as it was between 1961-1989, with no trains stopping and graffiti on the walls. https://t.co/0eR4KzZXMs via @rbb24
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Der U-Bahnhof Französische Straße steht auch fünf Jahre nach seiner Schließung leer. Dabei gab es einst viele Ideen für seine Nachnutzung.
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Leuna Chemical Plant, the largest chemical production site in the GDR, 1970s.
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‘Embodying the zeitgeist more than ever’: the German sitcom character Stromberg is being revived for the Merz era https://t.co/IneFIa1Svk via @guardian @philipoltermann
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New film is based on TV series inspired by The Office, whose lead character is said to resemble the chancellor
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4 December 1973: stamps issued in the GDR depicting scenes from the Russian fairy tale 'Auf des Hechtes Geheiß'
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ICE director hits back at ‘political rhetoric,’ media ‘spin’ for imperiling officers and Americans
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4 December 1972: a dark evening at the junction of Lindenstraße & Bahnhofstraße in Berlin-Köpenick (via Bundesarchiv)
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4 December 1964: a new HO-Kaufhalle opens in Berlin-Weißensee (via Bundesarchiv)
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4 December 1875: Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague #OTD 150 years ago. Listen to a @bbcarts radio programme about the poet's life and work https://t.co/AekoRho0f9 via @annemcelvoy
bbc.co.uk
Anne McElvoy looks at the life and legacy of the intriguing poet
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This fabulous image by Jörg Knöfel shows an East Berlin punk and the Volkspolizei ignoring each other. The punk—Sven Marquardt—would go on to have his face tattooed and become the city’s most famous bouncer at Berghain. He’s also a great photographer in his own right.
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Mosaics of the GDR - artworks depicting utopian visions of socialist society and everyday life.
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3 December 1950: the first Nick Knatterton comic strip appeared in West Germany #OTD 75 years ago. The private detective was created and drawn by Manfred Schmidt. https://t.co/SUnW1sd1TU via @ndr
ndr.de
Der gebürtige Bad Harzburger Manfred Schmidt wollte vor 75 Jahren mit seinem Meisterdetektiv eigentlich die US-amerikanischen Superhelden parodieren.
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Das Gropiuszimmer wurde 1923 für die "Große Bauhausausstellung" in Weimar entworfen. Es war das ehemalige Direktorenzimmer von Walter Gropius und gilt als eine der ersten Gesamtraumkompositionen der Moderne. Die Rekonstruktion des Zimmers, basierend auf dem Originalentwurf von
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3 December 1974: stamps issued in the GDR depicting scenes from the Russian fairy tale ‘Zwitscher hin, zwitscher her’ (2/2)
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Longevity isn’t just for billionaires. Julie Gibson Clark spends less than $100 monthly and outranked the wealthiest on the longevity leaderboard. Her secret? NOVOS Core. Affordable choices, big impact. Read her story here:
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3 December 1974: stamps issued in the GDR depicting scenes from the Russian fairy tale ‘Zwitscher hin, zwitscher her’ (1/2)
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3 December 1962: children walking across a snowy street in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz (via Bundesarchiv)
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3 December 1965: Erich Apel, the East German economist who led the SED's failed economic reforms, commits suicide https://t.co/GafIG1gOj0 via @dlfkultur
deutschlandfunkkultur.de
Zu Beginn der 1960er-Jahre bemühte sich das SED-Regime um eine Wirtschaftsreform. Das "Neue Ökonomische System" von Erich Apel sollte den Betrieben mehr Eigenständigkeit geben. Doch die Reformbemüh...
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Portsmouth and Duisburg are celebrating the 75th anniversary of their city twinning agreement this year. Here's an article on the partnership, whose Portsmouth twinning committee is chaired by a member of our languages team (via @PortsmouthCaen)
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An East German advent calendar showing a Christmas market in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz (Rolf Keller, 1955)
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'Bilder vom Krieg ohne den Trost der Erlösung': German painter Otto Dix was born on 2 December 1891 near Gera https://t.co/ja7YnRLyrh via @dlfkultur
deutschlandfunkkultur.de
Otto Dix war der bedeutendste Maler der Neuen Sachlichkeit der 20er-Jahre und ein dem Realismus verpflichteter Chronist. Vor allem die Leiden des Krieges, das Abgründige und Abstoßende, machte er zum...
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2 December 1969: stamps issued in the GDR depicting Interflug aircraft
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