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By Beata Bruggeman-Sekowska Nestled between the villages of Helmstedt in West Germany and Marienborn in East Germany, Checkpoint Alpha stood as one of the most iconic and critical symbols of the Cold War era. From 1945 to 1990, it served as the primary transit point for travelers crossing the inner German border, connecting West Germany […]
By Beata Bruggean-Sekowska On September 17 about 1 million troops of the Red Army crossed the eastern borders of Poland starting the red invasion of Poland. It was sixteen days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. The invasion ended on 6 October 1939 with the two-way division and annexation of the entire […]
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