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A very interesting, moving and reflective #longread by Martin Pollack in today’s ⁦@guardian⁩ - “My family and other Nazis” theguardian.com/world/article/…

Communist-era apartment blocks dominate Eastern Europe – now they're being transformed bbc.com/future/article… via @BBC_Future

Football in Stalinist Albania: ‘The only 90 minutes when people could be themselves’ theguardian.com/football/artic… #albania #coldwar #coldwarhist #football

Witness History: East Germany’s Coffee from Vietnam: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… #eastgermany #vietnam #coldwar #coffee

Exploring the echoes of communism in contemporary Bucharest business-review.eu/bucharest-goin… #romania #bucharest #coldwar #coldwarhist

Supreme Commander Tito in Jajce, the morning after he was awarded the rank of "Marshal of Yugoslavia" by the AVNOJ Assembly acting on a motion of recommendation from the Slovene delegation headed by Josip Vidmar - November 30th, 1943.

20 July 1966: Karl-Marx-Stadt city centre, which had received over 150 million GDR marks for new buildings and infrastructure (via Bundesarchiv)

Photo by Sandor Bojar, Bratsk, 1965.

Stunning descriptions of the #coldwar #revolutions in #Romania and #Czechoslovakia with @alittl Listen here ⬇️⬇️ coldwarconversations.com/episode357/ @braynework @Jac_Hayden @WhitlamsBerlin @markbakerprague @thevieweast @JohnSimpsonNews @CzechCentreLnd @SHAFRhistorians @ColdWarRecords

✊ Federal and state governments commemorate deadly GDR uprising Events are taking place across Berlin commemorating those who died in a series of violent uprisings against GDR-rule in 1953. #17june1953 #gdr #berlin

Cold War Conversations: “There’s nothing like hearing history from somebody who was there” My interview in @theberlinermag @WhitlamsBerlin @DDROnline @GermanAtPompey @AgataFijalkow @thevieweast @MClaudeHawkes @MauraMcC127 @craig_stennett the-berliner.com/berlin/cold-wa…

Jun 16 1953 – 300 building workers walk out on strike against pay cuts and quotas. Ignites the East German Uprising the following day.

📅 On 17 June 1953, the East Germany Uprising began, marking a major protest against the policies of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany and the government as a whole. 📰 Read more here: enrs.eu/article/june-1… #OnThisDay #GermanHistory #20thCenturyHistory

Stamp issued in Germany in 2003 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 17 June 1953 uprising in the GDR

📅 On 14 May 1955 the Warsaw Pact was signed in Warsaw. 📜 The Pact was a Soviet Union's reaction to accession of West Germany to NATO. It sanctioned subordination of the Eastern Bloc countries and their armies to the Soviet Union. #OnThisDay #20thCenturyHistory

Red tape: Rosamund Johnston digs into Czechoslovak Radio under communism: english.radio.cz/red-tape-rosam… #czechoslovakia #radio #coldwarhist #coldwar #media

Defendants portraits shed light on political trials in Communist Albania: balkaninsight.com/2024/02/26/def… #albania #coldwarhist

The Photographer Who Broke Into Communist Hungary's Prison System rferl.org/a/hungary-comm… #hungary #coldwarhist

A lonely car traveling from East Berlin is halted by a West Berlin police officer against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate, with visible spike traps. 1953. A haunting image. #Berlin #ColdWar