then in 1950
That;s the Palace of Science and Culture -- a "gift" to the Polish people by Papa Stalin (he made them pay for it of course
Then in 1990
And, finally, Warsaw today
Posted on 05/08/2012 7:38:49 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER
Photographer Stefan Koppelkamm first photographed East Germany in 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall but before the reunification. He revisited the same locations a decade later, and rephotographed them from exactly the same viewpoints to document the drastic social and economic transformations that came about during the time between the photos.
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Yes, I was in East Berlin about 1986, and the construction looked more like destruction.
This is a video of VJ day in Hawaii - a Freeper posted this a year or so ago. It is color video from his dad’s silent home movies. The Freeper added in all of the sound effects - it is amazing, it sounds so real.
But what a time! Not only have how we fought wars changed (including the public’s participation via rations, etc.) - how we end wars has also changed.
I used to work with a nurse who was brought up in East Germany in the 50’s and early 60’s.Her immediate family got out just before the Wall went up.The stories she told would make the hair on your toes stand on end...partially because members of her *extended* family were trapped there after the Wall went up.
Thank you for sending along that video. I will forward it to our daughter’s for viewing, as we only have webtv/msntvII system, which does not play video - don’t hate me! (Don’t want a computer - would watch videos all day)!
When you spoke of (no) public participation (in these ‘modern’ wars . . ), a few years ago I thought the same thing. In WWII we turned in newspapers (like we do now, for recycling, tho), to my elementary school; tin cans, bacon grease, etc. I still have a partial ration book!
So then I asked folks to participate by buying items to send to the troops. I thought they would feel a closer connection to the fighting ‘soldiers,’ when they stopped to think which items they would buy that week.
We did this on a small scale, but there are many organizations that are now quite professional at this task.
‘For The Troops’ in Simi Valley, CA, for one, founded by 2 women, in a garage. In Jan. 2012, they sent their 50,000 Medium USPS Flat Rate Box, since 2005. They need $14,000 monthly just for postage!
Check out their web-site. ‘For The Troops.’
You must also like “Das Leben des Anderen.” I was just shattered by that one (in a good way). It was like Goodbye Lenin without the comic relief.
Absolutely....one of the best endings to a movie I ever saw....I can't recall a movie where I hated a guy at the beginning of a movie and then see total redemption at the end.
Even sadder since the actor died so soon after making the movie.
then in 1950
That;s the Palace of Science and Culture -- a "gift" to the Polish people by Papa Stalin (he made them pay for it of course
Then in 1990
And, finally, Warsaw today
I love that they have restored the original architecture rather than making a glass-and-steel landscape everywhere. There is a lot of love evident in those pictures.
That last one looks like Milwaukee.
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