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35 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, East Germany moped making a come-back

Back in the days of East Germany, many people got around on mopeds made by a manufacturer called Simson. After the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago, Simsons went out of fashion. But, for the past few years,

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The Berlin Wall: A divide that once shaped German women’s lives still echoes today

As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on Nov. 9 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany.

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Video: 1989: Berlin Wall inadvertently ended by East German authorities

November 9 an imprecise instruction led to the collapse of the border infrastructure surrounding West Berlin, as Berliners took to tearing down the wall in the days after the suspension of the border regime by the German Democratic Republic party leader in East Berlin Günter Schabowski.

Associated Press · 4d

The Berlin Wall: divide that set German women apart still echoes

As Germany celebrates the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago on 9 November 1989, women look back at how different their lives were under communism in East and capitalism in West Germany.

Voice of America · 3d

Berlin Wall once shaped German women's lives; echoes remain today

Germany is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the country’s reunification less than a year later

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IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in landmark move

The former East Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1949 until 1990, which installed a rigid communist state ...

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IKEA offers $6.5 million to East Germans formerly used as forced laborers

IKEA’s German branch announced Tuesday that it will contribute $6.5 million to support victims of the former communist East German regime. During the 1970s and ’80s, the company used the forced labor ...

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Ikea pledges €6 million to former prisoners of communist East Germany who were forced to build flat-pack furniture during the Cold War

Ikea is not alone in the matter, as East Germany was a hotspot for cheap labor under the communist regime, which many ...

Ikea Paying $6.5 Million To East German Prisoners Forced To Make Their Furniture

IKEA will pay $6.5 million to a German government fund to compensate victims of forced labor in East Germany during the Cold War. Political and criminal prisoners were forced to produce IKEA furniture ...

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German lithium plant hopes to turbo-charge Europe's EV makers

The German refinery "is a really important part of Europe's critical ... Rival AMG Lithium opened its own in the country's ...

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Ikea pledges $8.6m to atone for East German forced labour

BERLIN - Ikea pledged on Oct 29 to pay €6 million (S$8.6 million) into a hardship fund for victims of the East German dictatorship after admitting some of its suppliers used political prisoners ...

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