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Berlin, Weimar Germany, 1929 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Karstadt department store, one of the largest in the world at the time.

Here it is 16 years later.

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This area of Berlin was apparently one of the first to get hit as the Soviets were entering the city.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

all for land and power. incredible.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, it was to stop fascism

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

...and what did the fascists want?