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365 days of German history
Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.
Tunnel to West Berlin!
Built in 1961, the Berlin Wall sealed off the last crossing point over what was then an impenetrable frontier stretching from the far north to the deep south of East Germany, preventing its citizens from leaving for the West. [...]
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