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Full 1-hour version of my Berlin series, in which I trace the history of Germany's capital through the sights and tourist attractions. Chapter points: 0:49 Founding of Berlin 2:41 Old Berlin has mostly gone 3:55 Berlin City Hall and Grey Monastery 5:04 Berlin's oldest inn 5:41 Political and religious refugees 6:39 Schloss, Cathedral and Museum Island 8:26 Unter den Linden 9:49 The Brandenburg Gate 12:51 Industrial Revolution and the Empire 13:39 The Reichstag 14:36 A new middle class 15:01 The Captain of Köpenick 16:57 A public transport system is built 19:24 Märkisches Museum and the bears 20:20 Berlin's New West 21:24 The Ku'damm and the Zoo 22:18 Schloss Charlottenburg 23:12 After the First World War 24:41 The AVUS and the Trade Fair 25:33 Berlin as a shipping port 26:30 Persecution of the Jews 27:33 The Nazis rebuild Berlin 28:43 The Victory Column 29:16 The Heavy Load-Bearing Body 30:32 Tempelhof Airport 31:36 Olympic Stadium 32:30 The Second World War 35:04 The Berlin Airlift 36:34 Germany is divided 38:02 Palaces for the workers 39:13 The Berlin Wall is built 41:10 Checkpoint Charlie 41:49 The Berlin Wall memorial 43:38 A deadly border 44:29 "Ich bin ein Berliner!" 45:26 Life in divided Berlin 47:40 The Culture Forum 49:15 To the Bridge of Spies 50:41 The fall of the Berlin Wall 52:51 Berlin starts rebuilding (again) 55:59 A new government quarter 57:38 Looking to the future Music: Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/ Jason Shaw http://audionautix.com/ Various artists http://ccmixter.org/ YouTube Audio Library Images: http://commons.wikimedia.org/ Roger Wollstadt http://flickr.com/ Historical film material in the public domain from: http://millercenter.org US Air Force --------- Send letters and postcards to: Rewboss Postfach 10 06 29 63704 Aschaffenburg Germany Please don't send parcels or packages, or anything that has to be signed for. --------- My website: http://www.rewboss.com/ My blog: http://rewboss.blogspot.com/ My Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/rewboss My Google+ page: https://google.com/+rewboss