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Ghosts of World War II. (1.bp.blogspot.com)

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[–]mattomondo 60 points61 points ago

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Where is this?

[–]notyourcomrade 90 points91 points ago

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Reichstag Berlin - 1945. Man in front is Marshal Zhukov.

[–]TesticleToe 25 points26 points ago

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Thanks com...

[–]redditor3000 1 point2 points ago

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... on which steps?

[–]Nukleon 2 points3 points ago

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the front steps

[–]pcflet01 0 points1 point ago

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Came here to say this. I lived in Berlin for a year and loved bringing visitors here to see the restoration.

[–]seeing_the_light -3 points-2 points ago

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Amazing how far I had to scroll down to see this. reddit, you disappoint.

[–]DanCorb 4 points5 points ago

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You had to scroll all the way down to the 3rd comment?

[–]basilect 2 points3 points ago

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first comment by now.

[–]seeing_the_light 1 point2 points ago

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When I posted, this was at the bottom.

[–]HumerousMoniker 0 points1 point ago

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When comments are new, that's where they go.

[–]zogworth 0 points1 point ago

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or rather, reddit, your well rounded knowledge is pleasing and it good that people didnt have to ask?

[–]gode1980 115 points116 points ago

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totally photoshopped!

[–]TheHoneyBadger 69 points70 points ago

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Funny how in the past everything was black and white.

[–]CopiousLoads 71 points72 points ago

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That is because the world was it black and white back then.True story. A colorized world only came about after WWII as a result of nuclear fallout.

[–]tapnclick 64 points65 points ago

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Nice try, Calvin's dad.

[–]Krantastik 2 points3 points ago

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Good catch, bro! I wondered who would catch that!

[–]reemusk 9 points10 points ago

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Also, lamps are magic.

[–]bowsting 8 points9 points ago

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And the color the sky makeswhen the sun sets is the atmosphere burning. Fact.

[–]reemusk 10 points11 points ago

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Also fact: ice cubes float to the top solely to get warm.

[–]Billagio 6 points7 points ago

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There's also a man who live in the ATM and makes the money and sticks it out the slot.

[–]lotsocows 0 points1 point ago

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and the sun is actually only the size of a quarter

[–]tulkas71 1 point2 points ago

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You see many great artist were insane.

[–]goobervision 4 points5 points ago

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I thought the entire point of the war was that the Allies had discovered colour and the Nazi's wanted to keep things black and white. Although post war many of the Allied nations weren't that keen on black for a while.

[–]CopiousLoads 2 points3 points ago

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That is a common misconception.The Nazis wanted the world colorized to facilitate visual identification of non-Aryans . The Allies , worried about the destabilizing effect colorization would have on their social structures, hurriedly worked to beat the Germans .The main goal of the war was controlled coloration of the world on a time scale that was manageable .

[–]brianfit 0 points1 point ago

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Ah, but you forget of course the economic interests of IG Farben, which was doing the most advanced research into dye manufacture and creation of new colours unseen before seen on Earth. As noted in Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow:

"The big scandal around IG Farben this week is the unlucky subsidiary Spottbilligfilm AG, whose entire management are about to be purged for sending to OKW weapons procurement a design proposal for a new airborne ray which could turn whole populations, inside a ten-kilometer radius, stone blind. An IG review board caught the scheme in time. Poor Spottbilligfilm. It had slipped their collective mind what such a weapon would do to the dye market after the next war."

[–]DreamcastFanboy 12 points13 points ago

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No, it happened as a result of people becoming happy and discovering art etc.

[–]Atario 1 point2 points ago

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Don't worry, I got your Pleasantville reference. Great flick.

[–]Fidena 2 points3 points ago*

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Are you implying that there wasn't art prior to the 1950s? Or happiness?

Just because the commercials of the time and other things were... well, bleak, doesn't mean they're an accurate portrayal of the time. Commercials and movies of today are much the same, they just portray a different ideal.

[–]DreamcastFanboy 7 points8 points ago

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Exactly.

[–]Fidena 0 points1 point ago

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The 20s seemed pretty happy. Lots of sex, new found liberalism, music, art.

The 30s had the depression, but from what I've heard people sticked together. Art flourished.

The 40s had the war, but the post-war period was full of swing and an all around good time.

The 50s seemed pretty fucking miserable, though.

[–]NeoSniper 0 points1 point ago

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I'm thinking that was a movie reference. I know Equilibrium carries this idea loosely, but I also know there was a another movie where the plot was exactly about this; people bringing color back to a black and white town through happiness and joy.

[–]philonius 1 point2 points ago*

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Pleasantville)

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      [–]Tillhony 2 points3 points ago

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      I asked my teacher in 2nd grade if back when the dinosaurs were alive did the world have color. She said no then yes then said that she honestly doesn't know. I guess she took it to a philosophical level. "If the world was black and white and no one was around to see it, is it still in black and white?"

      [–]alexandrathegr8 0 points1 point ago

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      [9]?

      [–]BigBlackHawk 7 points8 points ago

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      relevant

      [–]Winga 0 points1 point ago

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      Thank you.
      That's the first thing I thought of when I saw TheHoneyBadger's post. I loved that so much, I still have the paper cartoon in a file somewhere.

      [–]cascadianow 0 points1 point ago

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      So really interesting actually, I was reading a thing that people who lived from the 1950's through the 60's actually dreamed in black and white much of the time because of the introduction of the BW TV. This changed back to color with the color TV.

      I read this somewhere... now I have to go refind that article because it tripped my mind a little bit.

      [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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      I can tell by the ghosts.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago*

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      NSFL

      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Fotothek_df_ps_0000047_Eine_Mutter_%C3%BCber_dem_Kinderwagen_ihrer_Zwillinge_im_Tode_.jpg

      NSFL

      here are the real ghosts

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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      Context from here

      google translate:

      Series: Dresden after the bombing of 13-14. February 1945

      Original title: A mother, frozen in death on the car of her twins

      Dresden

      Keyword iconography: Death & Mummies & War & Consequences of War & Tote & Portfolio Peter-sen-

      Topical Words: photo, photography

      [–]Hi-larious 9 points10 points ago

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      What's your point? You forgot to make one.

      [–]AmbitionOfPhilipJFry 3 points4 points ago

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      Instead of "ghosts" being the victorious military figures parading past a conquered nation's capitol, the "ghosts" of an older city should be its innocent civilians slaughtered.

      [–]reemusk 2 points3 points ago

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      What the fuck in this story on that shit?

      [–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago*

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      German cities were firebombed by the allies. One of the most famous was Dresden in which enormous casualties were taken and lots of historical buildings and art were destroyed. It may have been specifically targeted because of its historical significance; a symbolic attack on an important arts and culture center.

      My grandmother remembers seeing people burning to death after phosphorous bombs went off in her city in Germany, when she was just a little kid. That stuff burns right into your flesh and cannot be extinguished. She drinks a lot now.

      [–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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      Thanks Kurt Vonnegut!

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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      Missing the reference.. read a few of his books but apparently not the one you're talking about.

      [–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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      Slaughterhouse 5?

      [–]trystancellanj 5 points6 points ago

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      Yeah Slaughterhouse Five, he was a prisoner of the Germans in Dresden when they fire-bombed it.

      [–]brodo 3 points4 points ago

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      ... so it goes.

      [–]UCSCtek 0 points1 point ago

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      Slaughterhouse 5, if I recall.

      [–]SarahC 0 points1 point ago

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      Damn those allied murdering bastards!

      So they burn civilians at Dresden, and nuke Hiroshima? WTF...

      Light of the world my arse.

      [–]bowsting 3 points4 points ago

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      Seriously....drop that here with no explaination?!?!?! Why am I even seeing!

      [–]junkytrunks 2 points3 points ago

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      Picture is from here:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II

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        [–]elihpolgna 3 points4 points ago

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        Are you serious? This has nothing to do with the very cool picture that OP posted. I know that's Dresden, and I'm guessing you're one of those creepy Germanophiles who never misses an opportunity to stick up for the "untold" story of the Germans' perspective on the war. News flash: the Germans BOMBED THE SHIT out of London (you can still find shrapnel) and the rest of England and the rest of Europe, for that matter. If only that were the worst of it.

        TL;DR: Shut the fuck up.

        [–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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        Both sides committed atrocities, and that woman was as innocent as any who lived in an allied country during the war. I don't see how that is creepy to try and emphasize.

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        [–]zzorga 4 points5 points ago

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        It certainly isn't equivalent to the Nazi war crimes, but it certainly qualifies as an atrocity. The city of Dresden held no vital war function of the Germans, its destruction was purely to destroy German morale, by incinerating innocents...

        [–]felixjawesome 1 point2 points ago

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        Nice try, Vonnegut.

        [–]andre2142 1 point2 points ago

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        What am I looking at here? dead bodies?

        [–]KCAugg 4 points5 points ago

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        They're covered in dust and partially mummified. Fire bombs' uncontrollability and intense heat becomes dissipated into the air, producing not only vortexes that literally suck people into them due to pressure changes, but also penetrating heat waves that extend far beyond the fire's immediately reach. It didn't matter that they were never directly in contact with fire, because superheated air would still kill them nonetheless—similar to being trapped in an oven. Bodily fluids would boil away, leaving the corpses with telltale signs of desiccated and deformed bodies with shriveled skin, but rarely exterior evidence of serious burns or charrings—as seen above. This is because people weren't burned to death insomuch as they were boiled alive from the inside out.

        I think it's safe to say it wouldn't be a pleasant way to go out.

        [–]andre2142 0 points1 point ago

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        War truly is hell.

        [–]charmangler 2 points3 points ago

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        You are looking at the most powerful lamp of all time.

        [–]TheMadMule 1 point2 points ago

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        or what's left of them

        [–]Gemdiver 1 point2 points ago

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        You are looking at the Greatest Generation handiwork.

        [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago*

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        No man that's not true! The Germans were Evil and the Allies were Good and that's the 100% back and white truth of the matter! Firebombing of Dresden, pfft - they were Nazis, man.

        Oh, and this was also misrepresented as bad, but it was just Good Allied Bombers taking out Evil German Nazis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II

        The Allies, being Good and Righteous, would never bomb civilians, and certainly not huge residential neighbourhoods:

        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Hamburg_after_the_1943_bombing.jpg

        [–]Psyladine 10 points11 points ago

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        When your side turns human beings into bars of soap, it somewhat undercuts the severity of inhumanities done to you by the 'other side'.

        [–]phreshphillets 5 points6 points ago

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        gotta love german sympathetics

        [–]pilapfs -5 points-4 points ago

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        If they didn't want to be be firebombed they shouldn't have invaded Poland and gassed all those Jews. Just a thought.

        [–]big-o-notation 7 points8 points ago

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        Analogy: If US didn't want World Trade Center to be destroyed, they should have stayed the hell out of Middle East politics.

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        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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        To the guy buried alive in his flaming house there's probably no difference. To the woman clutching the bloody dead wreck of her child in her arms there's probably no difference.

        How do you scale these things? How does several million differ from a hundred thousand when you are one of those people? Both are a lot of people.

        You can't just throw numbers around like an accountant when discussing death and devastation. If you're one of those people in Iraq it's horrible, full stop.

        [–]big-o-notation 0 points1 point ago

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        How so?

        [–]brodo 3 points4 points ago

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        Germany and it's allies killed about 40 million civillians during WW2. The US only intervened indirectly pre 9/11 except during Desert Storm. (At least as far as I know.) Even if you count all the crimes of Saddam and the Shah (which is not really fair) you will only end up at about one or two million. Therefore the analogy is unscaled.

        [–]zzorga 2 points3 points ago

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        Besides, desert storm was on the behalf of an ally in the middle east being invaded by Saddam.

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          [–]elihpolgna -2 points-1 points ago

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          Ok, honestly, if you're trolling, good job. If you're not trolling, then I really doubt I'll be able to explain how the two are not at all analogous.

          [–]borkborkbork 0 points1 point ago

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          The fact that this comment has more upvotes than downvotes speaks volumes about the lack of critical thinking ability among reddit's userbase.

          [–]zogworth 0 points1 point ago

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          Correlation /= Causation, but there sure is an unholy truck load of correlation

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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          My grandmother didn't gas any Jews, though she was in the Hilter Youth as a young girl. I guess participating in the mandatory brain-washing programs instituted by the fascist government makes her evil.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Did that woman invade Poland and gas all those Jews? Or was she trying to live her life like any Allied woman?

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          The Germans sure all wanted this back then. It's completely impossible that, like today in politics, two thirds of the population is under- or misinformed, and half of the ones that do know what's going on are against it but powerless. No, in contrast to Americans today who clearly have very diverse opinions and goals, Germans in 1940 all had synchronized minds and wanted the exact same thing as Hitler and friends.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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          Every time someone posts something about how German civilians/culture suffered I want to post something about how much suffering their army caused to eastern european civilians/culture but then I realize the original posters don't care.

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          [–]brucemo 12 points13 points ago

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          Untold: "of an incalculable amount". Really? And these recent American wars are "probably" not as bad as Auschwitz? Really? Auschwitz was 1.1 million people deliberately murdered for no other reason than that their existence was offensive.

          I don't have a problem with people pointing out Allied war crimes, or for that matter with pointing out American war crimes now. The subject is worth discussing.

          Please have some perspective though, and realize that when you make these comparisons for effect, that there are consequences that go beyond what you probably intend. If every war criminal is comparable to Hitler, that diminishes that man's crimes. And if every slaughter is comparable to Auschwitz, this diminishes the horror of Auschwitz.

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          And these recent American wars are "probably" not as bad as Auschwitz? Really? Auschwitz was 1.1 million people deliberately murdered for no other reason than that their existence was offensive.

          It's pretty hard to put a positive spin on a hundred thousand plus deaths caused by an occupation based on lies by greedy industrialists - that's all I mean. Comparing it to the systematic death machine that was the Nazi extermination plan might minimize it by juxtaposition, and I don't think that kind of minimization is fair to the Iraqis who've suffered and died. So that's why I chose the wording I did; not to diminish Auschwitz but to be certain that the juxtaposition didn't diminish the Iraqi and US soldier deaths in the Iraq occupation.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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          It must be really great living in such a simple little world.

          [–]phreshphillets 0 points1 point ago

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          how so?

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              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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              Completely off topic.

              [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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              Ghosts = dead people, the image also involves WW2. I'd say somewhat on topic.

              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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              At least that dude in the back died with a wide smile.

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                [–]im_no_expert 0 points1 point ago

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                i can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time

                [–]jkatticus 9 points10 points ago

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                Awesome, do you have any more of these? I would love to see one for this.

                http://greatpowerpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/reichstag_flag_and_the_fall_of_berlin-484x350.jpg

                [–]Vik1ng 1 point2 points ago

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                I think it is not that easy as you would need exactly the same perspective. So there was quite a bit of work behind those pictures.

                [–]jkatticus 0 points1 point ago

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                this freaked me out, because my nickname in my group of friends is viking. That is all. Hope you have a glorious day.

                [–]asyouwishbuttercup 0 points1 point ago

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                You know, the guy holding the flag in this photo was 'photoshopped' when the image was taken in 1945.

                They had to hide the fact he had some extra liberated watches on his arm!

                [–]AmbitionOfPhilipJFry 0 points1 point ago*

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                4Chan's grandpas captured a town: http://4walled.org/src/4c/4c5ba31c6cff00b932d4b104193b85d4.jpg

                EDIT: Its redirecting to the search engine. Imgur link below: http://i.imgur.com/i4A2s.jpg

                [–]scrubadub 0 points1 point ago

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                Forcing me to turn off adblock? lame

                [–]AmbitionOfPhilipJFry 0 points1 point ago

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                No?

                [–]dkdisco 8 points9 points ago

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                This is a style of photography called Rephotography. It involves taking an older photo and finding the exact location and vantage point from which the photo was taken. The photographer then takes the photo again from the exact same vantage point and then layers the older photo on top (or bottom if they so choose) and paint away the top layer.

                In Barcelona, the group Arqueologia Del Punt De Vista (http://www.arqueologiadelpuntdevista.org/) has used this technique to create massive installations about the Spanish Civil War and how it affected the city of Barcelona. Their website is full of examples of how they have utilized Rephotography.

                For more on the topic, check out http://www.ratchetup.com/roadtrip2011/ for a blog post on it as well as other photography related things.

                [–]cuddle_bunnies_suck 57 points58 points ago

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                You sir, deserve an upvote. Best picture I've seen for a long time.

                [–]EvilHom3r 167 points168 points ago

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                Here's the full set

                [–]vial 9 points10 points ago

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                Thanks man, amazing pics.

                [–]coolcocoboy 11 points12 points ago

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                I find that these pictures make you realize how "real" WWII was, it's quite a weird feeling. I mean, we've all seen movies or read books about it, but it's seeing how it "actually took place where you are standing". Thanks for these pictures.

                [–]palsh7 0 points1 point ago

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                You will like these, then... MTV did these PSAs which do that exact thing, I think very effectively.

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwDkJj0kk-U

                [–]BCMM 2 points3 points ago

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                Here's even more, on the artist's LJ. OP: this went around the 'net in early '10, but is totally worth reposting. Thank you.

                http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

                [–]Metaplayer 0 points1 point ago

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                Fantastic video... Wonder if there are projects like this, any city, any time lapse.

                [–]BCMM 0 points1 point ago

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                Wow, videos weren't there last time I visited. I'm enormously impressed with how well the photos are aligned, since he surely must have had to compensate for the distortions of different types of lens.

                Not sure what you mean about "any city", but I for one would love to see one of these for a city I actually know - if only he'd photograph London...

                [–]235711131719 2 points3 points ago

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                Fantastic!

                [–]R0CKER1220 1 point2 points ago

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                Here's your full set plus some (hit "Next 10" on the bottom right, there's three more pages)

                [–]MLBM100 1 point2 points ago

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                I have such a boner for history now. Thanks for the pics.

                [–]Roger_KK 1 point2 points ago

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                Thanks a million

                [–]noroth 1 point2 points ago

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                Brilliant idea! Thanks for the link!

                [–]existentialdetective 0 points1 point ago

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                This is a really cool technique. It offers so much to the viewer and I am struck especially by the notion of ALL THOSE LIVES. As in, all the lives of all the people who have lived before now, before me. They were all here. They were born and grew (I love the toddlers walking on the street-- what lives did they lead?) and learned and thought. Probably all are dead by now or soon to be. And every one of them lived a life centered on the "I" and saw the world from their one perspective-- limited through no fault of their own, that's just how it is. And then they died. Seriously, can we just try to comprehend how insignificant we are? Not just in the cosmos at large (billions and billions of stars) but even in the pageant of human history... I'm just one little human and so were each of them. We are here so briefly. Each of us is one of BILLIONS of humans to live right now and to ever have lived. This should humble us. This should inform us. Sometimes it cripples us. So, then, how will you live your life?

                [–]orange_jooze 0 points1 point ago

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                I live in Saint-Petersburg, never seen them before, and these pictures are amazing.

                [–]brucemo 0 points1 point ago

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                I like these quite a bit if they are as authentic as they look. Some of them it seems pretty clear that the backgrounds juxtapose, but I'm not as sure about the others.

                [–]JerkingOffToKarma 3 points4 points ago

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                No no! You sir, deserve an upvote. Best comment I've seen for a long time.

                [–]JakeCameraAction -1 points0 points ago

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                No, sir, you deserve an upvote. Best appreciation I've seen for a long time.

                [–]therealryanstev 6 points7 points ago

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                All three of you deserve a down vote for telling us how you vote. I do too for this post, but it had to be said.

                [–]JakeCameraAction -1 points0 points ago

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                No, sir, you deserve an upvote. Best use of honesty I've seen for a long time.

                [–]donniefarko 3 points4 points ago

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                Awesome! Now someone do one for the British at the White House

                [–]gay photoshop geniusJushooter 15 points16 points ago

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                After 4 hours and 695 points, these are the 3 most upvoted comments in this thread:

                totally photoshopped!

                You sir, deserve an upvote.

                DAE think these types of photos are the coolest thing ever?

                Such awesome content. So terrible comments.

                [–]simohayha 2 points3 points ago

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                Q: How do you offend a Redditor?

                A: Post something

                [–]mark445 1 point2 points ago

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                I'm hoping that reddit gets worse so I can finally escape and go into the sunshine. It sure is getting there.

                [–]ElliotofHull 0 points1 point ago

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                You are in /r/pics.

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                  [–]no-w-here 2 points3 points ago

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                  id love to see a augmented reality app like this for history tours

                  [–]redshirt3 2 points3 points ago

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                  http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-world-war-iis

                  [–]Janky_Pants 2 points3 points ago

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                  That is just really cool. I would love to see other landmarks given the same treatment. Whenever I look at an old tree, I try to go back in time like this and imagine the surroundings.

                  [–]AlwaysSayHi 6 points7 points ago

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                  I'll just leave this here. Rybczynski was wayyy ahead of his time.

                  [–]orange_jooze 0 points1 point ago

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                  wtf

                  [–]junkytrunks 0 points1 point ago

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                  Wow. That is relevant.

                  [–]EvilEmperorZurg 5 points6 points ago

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                  Who you gonna call?

                  [–]cactiaregreat 3 points4 points ago

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                  BIG TITS GHOST GIRL!

                  [–]onlive 4 points5 points ago

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                  http://i.imgur.com/xzvOn.jpg

                  [–]orange_jooze 1 point2 points ago

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                  When you see it...

                  [–]OinkEsFabuloso 1 point2 points ago

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                  source? any more pics?

                  [–]Luftwaffle88 1 point2 points ago

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                  Oh wow that is totally sick. I have a few pics of me at the Reichstag, Im going to try to do the same.

                  Too the photoshops....

                  [–]bizquick 1 point2 points ago

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                  Kudos to the original artist... Whoever that may be! Its amazing how well most of those old buildings were restored.

                  [–]SuperRoach 1 point2 points ago

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                  Wow, this image overlay was fantastic. Anyone have the sources? It could really go with a better mixing, including a fade on the right that doesn't cut out the modern day people, and a colour faded match between old and new as well.

                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                  That's Zhukov in the foreground. Probably the best General in WW2 and the man responsible for defeating Hitler.

                  [–]PopeTheoskeptik 0 points1 point ago

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                  Damn. You beat me to the Zhukov spotting badge. Perhaps there's room in the world for a 'Where's Wally' style book...

                  [–]ViaNocturna 1 point2 points ago

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                  The alignment is bang on - they should have made it transparent.

                  [–]tydy91 8 points9 points ago

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                  DAE think these types of photos are the coolest thing ever?

                  [–]junkytrunks 2 points3 points ago

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                  I'm thinking a lot of people reading this thread have a deep appreciation for this type of photoshopping effort.

                  [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago*

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                  No, you're the only one. Everyone else thinks they're awful. /j

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                    [–]ilagitamus 0 points1 point ago

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                    My jaw unwillingly dropped. This is an amazing picture, it really made me sit back and think.

                    [–]blackomegax 0 points1 point ago

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                    Then just think that time may only exist to keep a 4d universe from being too information dense.

                    [–]nindgod 1 point2 points ago

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                    I love these types of pics.

                    [–]LotsToSay 1 point2 points ago

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                    I see this picture as a Kurt Vonnegut style fourth dimensional experience. It's all reality just in different cross sections and in this image those cross sections overlap.

                    [–]halbowitz 1 point2 points ago

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                    That is one of, if not the best, "now and then" photographs I have seen.

                    [–]MinistryoDarkness 0 points1 point ago

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                    really cool picture

                    [–]distess_caloris 0 points1 point ago

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                    I wonder what the graffiti says.

                    [–]Alexander_567 0 points1 point ago

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                    http://www.bianpingqi.com/fresh/human-creativity-really-knows-no-bounds-very-really-funny-stuff.html

                    [–]SevenNationArmy 0 points1 point ago

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                    REPOST!

                    [–]Benny_the_Jew 0 points1 point ago

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                    Do a series!

                    [–]BananaRepublican73 0 points1 point ago

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                    I love the perspective that this sort of thing gives on history; It gives me a sense of the fleeting, but all too real, importance of the mundane in the chaotic enterprise of war, and the ad-hoc nature of combat. This sense of life being infused with history is something that I wish we had more of in America. Aside from the east coast and some iconic places like the Alamo, we really don't get this very much. In Europe, though, it seems like I could walk down almost any city street and here would be a candy store that was briefly the 177th panzergrenadiers battalion HQ, or a covered bus stop that 200 GIs died trying to reach because there was an anti-aircraft emplacement there.

                    "After the Battle" magazine does a great job of this as well. Each issue chooses a handful of individual battles, retells their stories, and then matches contemporary photographs with modern ones taking from the same locations. It's interesting how many of the european buildings are still standing and / or recognizable.

                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                    What a great picture! In a "history is interesting" kind of way.

                    [–]roguebluejay 0 points1 point ago

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                    Could this be coloured?

                    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                    I think the contrast of the past and present by color gives you a perspective that if it was all in color wouldn't.

                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                    I think the contrast of the past and present by color gives you a perspective that if it was all in color wouldn't. It would still probably look cool though.

                    [–]SarahC 0 points1 point ago

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                    It would be nice to see the whole thing in black and white... so the WW2 guys on the steps are surrounded by 21st century people, but not so obviously - to see what overall effect it has.

                    [–]pipsquillion 0 points1 point ago

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                    we are shocked when reminded we are but a fleeting presence on this earth

                    [–]TheBlackGuy 0 points1 point ago

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                    moar please

                    [–]minisculepenis 0 points1 point ago

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                    Well, BP have certainly upped their Photoshop game. Zoom zoom zoom.

                    [–]luhjan 0 points1 point ago

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                    anymore like this?

                    [–]Question0 0 points1 point ago

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                    Can anyone provide context and tell me where this picture was taken?

                    [–]artfag 0 points1 point ago

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                    everything looked so much more badass back then

                    [–]klinotaxis 0 points1 point ago

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                    Words behind the soldiers: «We are from Tula», for example.

                    [–]Korpse 0 points1 point ago

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                    this totally reminded me of singularity (the video game)

                    [–]mevsthor 0 points1 point ago

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                    It would be really cool to have poster size prints of these.

                    [–]garrickpledger 0 points1 point ago

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                    People are so futuristic now.

                    [–]morganwatch 0 points1 point ago

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                    These types of photos are popping out everywhere. I think the original was of prague.

                    [–]youngceb 0 points1 point ago

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                    thanks for make think that in some years all of that people is gonna die...

                    [–]masks 0 points1 point ago

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                    i want more of these

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                    I wish he blended them together better. If I could get a hold of the two original images I would remove everything from the old picture but the soldiers.

                    [–]elHuron 0 points1 point ago

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                    it helps to see the rubble though. I think the point would be lost if there were only people in black and white.

                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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                    Photo taken by Haley Joel Osment.

                    [–]CAPSFTWLOL 0 points1 point ago

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                    This is incredible.

                    [–]davz 0 points1 point ago

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                    What a good picture. Love it.

                    [–]Darkfiremp3 0 points1 point ago

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                    Chilling

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                    [–]DreamcastFanboy 10 points11 points ago

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                    Who's sweeping it under the rug? WW2 history is everywhere, it's probably the most documented period in human history. Also, the war ended over 60 years ago, that's plenty of time to restore their cities.

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                    [–]DreamcastFanboy 3 points4 points ago

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                    Is that true though? I know they outlawed some of the iconography but my German flatmate was taught about the Nazis and WW2 in school.

                    [–]reemusk 1 point2 points ago

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                    Fuckin' Nazis!

                    [–]Vermillionbird 6 points7 points ago

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                    Wow, if you think there are no signs of war then you just aren't looking.

                    Did you see this? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Memorial_Church)

                    Or how about Peter Eisenmann's Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe?

                    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe)

                    Maybe Daniel Liebeskind's Jewish Museum?

                    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Museum_Berlin)

                    I've spent extensive time in Berlin and other german cities; you can still see Russian/American graffiti, bullet holes, stone and masonry work blackened from bombing fires...sure, there aren't big signs saying "Hey guys we started WWII we're super super sorry" but what do you expect?

                    Relics of the war are everywhere if you look for them...my guess is that you didn't see any while drinking beer at 11AM with your business buddies and now assume the entire country has forgotten about the war...

                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                    You did not open your eyes and you did not talk to a single German beyond ordering more beer while you were there, you did not notice the painstaking preservation of history, the memorials, the warnings in various forms all over the city to never let fascism happen again. I hope you were at least also wearing a Hawaii shirt, shorts and white socks with sandals, because if you're going to be stereotypically ignorant you might as well go for the whole package.

                    [–]Luftwaffle88 1 point2 points ago

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                    Actually this is not my opinion at all.

                    Berlin is full of history from the war. The people accept their history and learn from it. High school students are required to go to two concentration camps through their schools to graduate.

                    The KW church still stands as it was the day after it was bombed by the RAF. They have removed a lot of the other things because the city needs the space to thrive, but memorials exist in places if you know where to look for them.

                    If you go to von stauffenberg avenue, you can still see bullet holes there from the fighting.

                    Although most of it is gone since the city cant just keep the rubbles, people need the space to live and do business.

                    Weird things that I saw there: Hitlers office is now a chinese restaurant called Peking cafe.

                    Bunker is now a playground around apartments.

                    the Luftwaffe hq still stands as it did during the nazi days. it was never bombed and survived the war intact. It now houses an even bigger evil. Ther German Tax department.

                    Cant touch the wall :(

                    All pieces of the wall are fake.

                    If you are walking in berlin and see tram tracks or actual trams, you are in east berlin, former soviet territory.

                    Overall this is the best place to visit in the world. cant spend enough time here.

                    [–]matthewjvandeventer 1 point2 points ago

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                    East Berlin is still broken in some sense. The parking lots are just bombed out city blocks that the Germans neglected to build again...

                    [–]Luftwaffle88 0 points1 point ago

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                    Actually this is not my opinion at all.

                    Berlin is full of history from the war. The people accept their history and learn from it. High school students are required to go to two concentration camps through their schools to graduate.

                    The KW church still stands as it was the day after it was bombed by the RAF. They have removed a lot of the other things because the city needs the space to thrive, but memorials exist in places if you know where to look for them.

                    If you go to von stauffenberg avenue, you can still see bullet holes there from the fighting.

                    Although most of it is gone since the city cant just keep the rubbles, people need the space to live and do business.

                    Weird things that I saw there: Hitlers office is now a chinese restaurant called Peking cafe.

                    Bunker is now a playground around apartments.

                    the Luftwaffe hq still stands as it did during the nazi days. it was never bombed and survived the war intact. It now houses an even bigger evil. Ther German Tax department.

                    Cant touch the wall :(

                    All pieces of the wall are fake.

                    If you are walking in berlin and see tram tracks or actual trams, you are in east berlin, former soviet territory.

                    Overall this is the best place to visit in the world. cant spend enough time here.

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                    I'm pretty sure being forgotten by history would be the opposite of winning.

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