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The city was officially called Berlin, the capital of the GDR. On Soviet maps, the eastern part of the city was simply called "Berlin" to distinguish it from West Berlin, which had a special status (it was not part of the FRG, while being an enclave surrounded by the territory of the GDR). The center of East Berlin was Alexanderplatz, and the main street was Karl Marx Boulevard. Daniil's episode about Nazi architecture: • Architecture of Nazi Germany in B... Cooperation and advertising: [email protected] Instagram: / juliusrou Telegram: https://t.me/JuliusRou Did you like the video? Support the channel: Patreon: / juliusrou Sponsorship YouTube: / @juliusrou Map of all my travels: https://julius-rou.com 00:00 Contrasts of East Berlin 00:19 Welcome! 01:31 Alexanderplatz: How East Berlin Welcomes You 08:30 Karl-Marx-Strasse: The Main Street of the GDR 14:30 Drinking Beer in the Spätkauf 18:14 The Spirit of Old Berlin 24:36 To Marzahn, via the Stolichny Intermarket 27:43 What Did the Germans Do with the Panel Houses? 31:57 Cemetery, German Style 35:20 Imperial Berlin 38:59 Unter den Linden 44:31 Nazi Architecture 47:27 Modern Berlin