“On August 27, 1929, El Paso witnessed an incredible event that left people in awe. The streets were filled with excited crowds, cars and people climbing atop buildings, all eager to catch a glimpse of the extraordinary Graf Zeppelin airship. This marvel from pre-Hitler Germany was on a record-breaking round-the-world journey and had El Paso…
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OTD: The Berlin Blockade ends
On this day, May 12th in 1949, and the Berlin Blockade ends after 318 days. Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, abandoned a blockade of the city that began on 24 June 1948. Germany had been partitioned into four zones of occupation by the Allies in 1945, with its capital Berlin also split into…
Das beste Frühstück
I randomly signed into Instagram on the computer (via web browser as I don’t keep the mobile app on my phone) and came across this in my feed from the muenchen account: “Besser als mit einem zünftigen Weißwurstfrühstück kann man doch eigentlich gar nicht in den Tag starten”(You can’t really start the day better than…