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Past and Present (i.imgur.com)

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[–]hugith 27 points28 points ago

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The entire collection

[–]insanopointless 4 points5 points ago

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Saw this a while ago. Very cool! Got it bookmarked.

Everyone should take a look.

[–]crazyguns 2 points3 points ago

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they're nice, but i think the op's pic and this one really blend together perfectly.

thanks for the link!

[–]syncretic 46 points47 points ago*

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If you like this photograph, check out this subreddit!

[–]Mikerk 14 points15 points ago

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thank you for that.

[–]llehsadam 5 points6 points ago

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I may leave r/pics now... goodbye!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Thanks! I will now be looking at pictures from the past for about the next hour.

[–]brokenyard 1 point2 points ago

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If they took porn out of the title I'd be happy to subscribe.

[–]TheLegitMidgit 1 point2 points ago

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It is not actually porn. It is just amazing pictures of things, for example another one in the network is /rEarthPorn it is just beautiful pictures of the earth. All content is SFW (Unless very rarely labeled otherwise, I have seen like 2 that are not)

[–]foolfromhell -1 points0 points ago

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Amazing what peacetime does, eh?

Audis! I bet those Nazis would have loved themselves some Audis!

[–]toshmaytol 4 points5 points ago

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This makes me want to play Red Orchestra 2. Therefore I will

[–]Pubator 1 point2 points ago

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I wish I could play it right now!

[–]gloomdoom 0 points1 point ago

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OMG! So kewl!

[–]DeltaOneCharlie 8 points9 points ago

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What is that place?

[–]acog 11 points12 points ago

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It's a photo of a Russian commander in front of the Reichstag.

[–]soulman90 1 point2 points ago

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Is that Georgy Zhukov?

[–]matthiasreddit 0 points1 point ago

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I think so. This is a famous photo.

[–]DeltaOneCharlie -1 points0 points ago

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I was not aware the Reichstag was rebuilt.

[–]DasPossum 12 points13 points ago

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Never really got demolished, so to speak. It's "coming back to life" was in 1992 when Norman Foster won the competition to revitalize it for the reunification of Germany.

[–]sarcasticsteve 1 point2 points ago

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It was rebuilt fairly recently actually. A full renovation was done in the 90's by an architect named Norman Foster. He did an incredible job and 10% of the building was left with the original graffiti left by the Russians on it. The idea is to meld both the past and present beautifully so that what happened is never forgotten.

[–]Rummenigge 5 points6 points ago

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Plus during the renovation, the artist Christo covered the Reichstag. The building plus the art of the "disguise is just amazing

[–]sarcasticsteve 2 points3 points ago

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Have you seen the interior? The architect designated that 10% of the old building interior be kept intact so the clash of old graffiti and new stone is absolutely breathtaking. Here is a shot of one of the walls: click me!

[–]klti 0 points1 point ago

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Huh, I had completely forgotten they did that...

[–]kabanaga[!] 0 points1 point ago

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Video of the wrapping of the Reichstag...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esiErDm62E4

[–]DeltaOneCharlie 3 points4 points ago

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I figured when this happened they tore it down.

[–]sarcasticsteve 11 points12 points ago

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Nope, they renovated it and this is what it looks like today (taken in July of this year by me :) )

[–]daguvner 0 points1 point ago

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The concrete structure was undamaged thats why soviet aryilery didnt destroy it

[–]mr_pterodactyl 3 points4 points ago

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Metro 2033, anyone?

[–]what_american_dream 5 points6 points ago

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At least give credit, man.

[–]gloomdoom 3 points4 points ago

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I'll give credit.

I'll give fucking credit to the 3,000 other people who have submitted this in the past year.

[–]HappyStikBeaver 6 points7 points ago

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This looks shopped.

[–]Batboylives 7 points8 points ago

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another prepost

[–]Kcafo 2 points3 points ago

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Amazing picture, I love seeing things like this!

[–]RazerHail 1 point2 points ago

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well... if only i could clean my shit up like that

[–]erebar 1 point2 points ago

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Bonus points for anyone who can add "future."

[–]gloomdoom 1 point2 points ago

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I know reposting is always hotly contested and debated but this has been on the front page no less than 4 times. That's front page. It's been submitted probably over 100 where people finally figured out that it's been on/in every corner of the internet.

So...repost all you like. There's no way anyone will be able to convince me that they've never seen this before. 1,853 people just got connected to the internet today: WELCOME! WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR STAY. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF USELESS IMAGES OUT THERE FOR YOU TO LOL AT. YOU'LL SEE THEM 100 TIMES OVER ON REDDIT.

[–]whoa044 1 point2 points ago

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http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/ghosts_now_officially_exist_thanks_to_sergey_larenkovs_computational_rephotography_17049.asp

Knowing Russian can be useful sometimes.... It helped me find that >.>

[–]nolongerilurk 0 points1 point ago

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That is awesome! I would like to see a series of these; this could make a great idea for a photography book.

[–]Polar15 0 points1 point ago

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It's almost surreal walking around this part of Berlin. There are still bullet holes in the structure.

[–]Sansarasa 0 points1 point ago

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I always loved WWII military coats. They look really cool.

[–]trekbette 0 points1 point ago

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Nice! Very smooth transition.

[–]wonglik 0 points1 point ago

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The only general that avoided wrath of uncle Joe.

[–]Wojonatior 0 points1 point ago

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"I’m keeping an eye on the future

An eye on the past

And the present in my pocket"

[–]kitatatsumi 0 points1 point ago

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I've been living in Berlin for a bout a year, I have about 30 of these, still working on them, but be on the lookout

[–]1234U 0 points1 point ago

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Much less Russians this days

[–]ANZACATTACK 0 points1 point ago

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The two should never meet.

[–]Moleman69 0 points1 point ago

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Ah I saw these when I was in St. Petersburg earlier this year, they've got huge prints of them if I remember correctly, was really cool.

[–]Dr_ChimRichalds 0 points1 point ago

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Dude, it used to snow.

[–]WaitThisIsntDigg 0 points1 point ago

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mortality...gross.

[–]nilleftw 0 points1 point ago

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Singing: "The past and the present and the future."

[–]reasondoubt 0 points1 point ago

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Reminded me of this ad. I love Berlin.

[–]BrBReddit 0 points1 point ago

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I don't know why, but I find this so cool.

[–]autoshoop 1 point2 points ago

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I don't know why, but you commented.

[–]gloomdoom 4 points5 points ago

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I don't know why anybody in this thread fucking commented. It reads like the Special Olympics in here. People talking about fucking video games and how 'they like it but they're not sure why.'

You know...important shit like that which absolutely HAD to be made clear and made public. Don't keep thoughts like that to yourself. Ever. Every fucking inkling of a weak-ass, sad thought you have, make sure to POST IT ON FACEBOOK OR REDDIT. Otherwise, everyone in the fucking world won't know exactly what's going on in your under-developed mind.

Seriously. To those people: Buy a fucking diary. Write in it. Cry into your pillow all night because nobody cares about you, talk to yourself throughout the day because you're always alone. You don't have to fucking write out every goddamn weak thought that flashes through your mind at all hours of the fucking day.

If it's not worth reading, don't make me wade through that shit. You're just creating bullshit litter for me to have to downvote as I read the other shitty posts that are almost as worthless as yours.

[–]BrBReddit 0 points1 point ago

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Jeez, I just thought it was cool.

[–]betarded -1 points0 points ago

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Awesome! They made the place from Call of Duty into a real thing!

[–]mko1991 -3 points-2 points ago

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I remember fighting up those stairs... in World at War >.>

[–]Fei_Long -3 points-2 points ago

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Russia > africa

[–]CTDiesel -1 points0 points ago

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This is awesome, have an upvote!

[–]Boomen01 -1 points0 points ago

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not bad. not bad at all.

[–]this_sort_of_thing -1 points0 points ago

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I'm amazed the Soviets didn't just completely raze iconic buildings like the Reichstag and Brandenburg gate down to the ground. Nor the Nazi's on the Eiffel Tower.

They're happy to kill "undesirables" and make their soldiers die by the million but a few landmarks and suddenly they're too gold hearted to do so, and then contemporary historians and people praise them for being so awesome and kind, fuck that and fuck them.

Well I don't know where that came from :3

[–]foolfromhell 4 points5 points ago

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Why would the conquerors raze trophies of their victories?

[–]this_sort_of_thing 0 points1 point ago

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As a symbol, it's not like it never happened before in history. Probably even happened lots of times in WW2 but I just can't think of any specific examples.

[–]Look_Behind 0 points1 point ago

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They were planning to keeping the country. Why would they destroy their own property?

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