Kreuzberged: Berlin Companion

Kreuzberged: Berlin Companion

TODAY IN BERLIN: THE CONNECTION IS MADE

First direct phone calls between East and West Berlin since 1952

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Jan 31, 2025
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West Berlin’s Fernmeldeamt in Winterfeldtstraße 25 (image by Jörg Zagel via Wikipedia).

On this day in 1971 the world was a better place: after 19 years of dead lines and numbers “no longer in service…

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