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S2E10 TUNING IN - ENIGMA'S BIG BERLIN SISTER
Podcast-Folge · Berlin Companion Podcast · S2 F11 · 18 Min.
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Good morning #Berlin & Beyond!
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You will find the last episode of Season 2 of my Berlin history podcast here or on all major platforms. Ta!
And we are live 📻
You will find the last episode of Season 2 of my Berlin history podcast here or on all major platforms. Ta!
Controversial & fearless. Outspoken, irritating, unconventional. How did this tiny, limping Jewish lady from eastern Poland managed to move millions? Regardless of whether you agree with her line of thinking or not, Rosa Luxemburg was and is a legend.
#OTD in 1919 she was buried in #Berlin. Again.
#OTD in 1919 she was buried in #Berlin. Again.
RED ROSA’S LAST JOURNEY: THE SECOND FUNERAL OF ROSA LUXEMBURG
Today in Berlin: 13 June, 1919
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June 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Inspired by drinking water;-)
GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: TIRNKWASSERVERORDNUNG
GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: TIRNKWASSERVERORDNUNG
GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: TIRNKWASSERVERORDNUNG
Trinkwasserverordnung aka TrinkvW stands for German “Drinking Water Ordinance”.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Inspired by drinking water;-)
GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: TIRNKWASSERVERORDNUNG
GERMAN WORD OF THE DAY: TIRNKWASSERVERORDNUNG
It’s not every day that a man or a woman are born that would go on to discover a new planet.
But even that event feels rarer than the birth of a person who’d refuse to take credit for the discovery.
In June 9, 1812 one such man was born: Johann Gottfried Galle.
But even that event feels rarer than the birth of a person who’d refuse to take credit for the discovery.
In June 9, 1812 one such man was born: Johann Gottfried Galle.
IT CAME FROM THE OUTER SPACE: A MODEST GENIUS IS BORN
Today in Berlin: June 9, 1812
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June 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s not every day that a man or a woman are born that would go on to discover a new planet.
But even that event feels rarer than the birth of a person who’d refuse to take credit for the discovery.
In June 9, 1812 one such man was born: Johann Gottfried Galle.
But even that event feels rarer than the birth of a person who’d refuse to take credit for the discovery.
In June 9, 1812 one such man was born: Johann Gottfried Galle.
A big city is like an onion: with nearly endless layers of stories & images. Let’s unpeel another one for Berlin: where the world-famous Olympiastadion stands today, Berlin already had an Olympic Stadion before. Pity that the only thing that was missing was the Olympia itself. Twice…
#OTD in 1913
#OTD in 1913
PATRIOT GAMES: DEUTSCHES STADION OPENED IN BERLIN
Today in Berlin: June 8, 1913
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June 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A big city is like an onion: with nearly endless layers of stories & images. Let’s unpeel another one for Berlin: where the world-famous Olympiastadion stands today, Berlin already had an Olympic Stadion before. Pity that the only thing that was missing was the Olympia itself. Twice…
#OTD in 1913
#OTD in 1913
Imagine U live next to someone: U bump into each other in the staircase, chat about prices of apples or wine, meet when picking up children from the Kita.
And then they're wrapped up by a terrorist squad & charged.
Incredibly as it sounds, that's exactly what happened in Berlin #OTD in 1990.
And then they're wrapped up by a terrorist squad & charged.
Incredibly as it sounds, that's exactly what happened in Berlin #OTD in 1990.
INGRID FROM MARZAHN
Today in Berlin: 6 June, 1990
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June 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Imagine U live next to someone: U bump into each other in the staircase, chat about prices of apples or wine, meet when picking up children from the Kita.
And then they're wrapped up by a terrorist squad & charged.
Incredibly as it sounds, that's exactly what happened in Berlin #OTD in 1990.
And then they're wrapped up by a terrorist squad & charged.
Incredibly as it sounds, that's exactly what happened in Berlin #OTD in 1990.
That feeling we all know: sitting at home, unkempt but happy, enjoying a nice meal & an occasional burp, when a sudden knock on the door rips U out of Ur slumber. An unexpected guest ante portas! That's how Friedrich Wilhelm II must've felt as someone told him Ali Aziz Efendi'd just arrived in town.
THE TURKISH SURPRISE
Today in Berlin: June 4, 1797
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June 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
That feeling we all know: sitting at home, unkempt but happy, enjoying a nice meal & an occasional burp, when a sudden knock on the door rips U out of Ur slumber. An unexpected guest ante portas! That's how Friedrich Wilhelm II must've felt as someone told him Ali Aziz Efendi'd just arrived in town.
Feeling a tad weary, a bit bleak today? Whatever U do, don't follow in #Berlin-born Prussian polymath's Alexander von Humboldt' footsteps & try one of his famous self-experiments: in 1790s Humboldt put a zinc electrode in his mouth & a silver one up the hole on the opposite, well, pole.
June 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Feeling a tad weary, a bit bleak today? Whatever U do, don't follow in #Berlin-born Prussian polymath's Alexander von Humboldt' footsteps & try one of his famous self-experiments: in 1790s Humboldt put a zinc electrode in his mouth & a silver one up the hole on the opposite, well, pole.
Oh god, one hopes!
For sale. 200-year-old condom. Never used.
Dutch museum displays 200-year-old condom: ‘We suspect it was never used’
June 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Oh god, one hopes!
#OTD 1913 a very special railway line opened in #Berlin: at least half of its passengers - despite travelling in what you could call comfy conditions (sleeper carriage, no less), left the train a bit stiff…
Get your earphones ready: today sth to listen to:-)
Get your earphones ready: today sth to listen to:-)
TAKE THE L-TRAIN: LAST STOP "STAHNSDORF"
Today in Berlin: June 3, 1913
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June 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
02.06.1967 - a watershed moment in Berlin’s/German history. Would student protest movement have radicalised as it did without a policeman pulling a trigger that night?
Legitimate protest was quenched with cruelty many of its perpetrators knew only too well: from the darkest chapter in history.
Legitimate protest was quenched with cruelty many of its perpetrators knew only too well: from the darkest chapter in history.
THE LETHAL LEBERWURST: WHEN THE SHAH CAME TO BERLIN
Today in Berlin: 2 June, 1967
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June 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
02.06.1967 - a watershed moment in Berlin’s/German history. Would student protest movement have radicalised as it did without a policeman pulling a trigger that night?
Legitimate protest was quenched with cruelty many of its perpetrators knew only too well: from the darkest chapter in history.
Legitimate protest was quenched with cruelty many of its perpetrators knew only too well: from the darkest chapter in history.
In Berlin 2 things are certain: at least once a week your S-Bahn line won’t run, &, if you don’t keep your bike in the flat OR nail it to the ground + surround it with a repellent magnetic dome, sooner or later it will be stolen.
A tradition of bike-theft in Berlin began exactly 137 yrs ago today.
A tradition of bike-theft in Berlin began exactly 137 yrs ago today.
BICYCLE THIEVES
Today in Berlin: 29 May, 1888
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May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In Berlin 2 things are certain: at least once a week your S-Bahn line won’t run, &, if you don’t keep your bike in the flat OR nail it to the ground + surround it with a repellent magnetic dome, sooner or later it will be stolen.
A tradition of bike-theft in Berlin began exactly 137 yrs ago today.
A tradition of bike-theft in Berlin began exactly 137 yrs ago today.
No other city in Europe can compete: #Berlin is the greenest capital on the continent. With its woods and parks, it is unsurpassed.
#OTD 1923 one of the largest of the parks opened.
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#OTD 1923 one of the largest of the parks opened.
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LIGHT IN THE PARK: THE OPENING OF PEOPLE'S PARK JUNGFERNHEIDE
Today in Berlin: 27 May, 1923
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May 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
No other city in Europe can compete: #Berlin is the greenest capital on the continent. With its woods and parks, it is unsurpassed.
#OTD 1923 one of the largest of the parks opened.
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#OTD 1923 one of the largest of the parks opened.
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Good morning #Berlin & Beyond!
A Blast from The Past
An old double-decker bus type MAN SD200-SD80 (or so I am told) passing by in 2025. Berliner Allee, Berlin-Weißensee.
A Blast from The Past
An old double-decker bus type MAN SD200-SD80 (or so I am told) passing by in 2025. Berliner Allee, Berlin-Weißensee.
May 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good morning #Berlin & Beyond!
A Blast from The Past
An old double-decker bus type MAN SD200-SD80 (or so I am told) passing by in 2025. Berliner Allee, Berlin-Weißensee.
A Blast from The Past
An old double-decker bus type MAN SD200-SD80 (or so I am told) passing by in 2025. Berliner Allee, Berlin-Weißensee.
Widely popular series “The Queen’s Gambit” revived keen interest in chess. Filmed in #Berlin, it inspired a lot of city exploration: Karl-Marx-Allee, Frankfurter Tor, Taut school in Lichtenberg, Haus Cumberland, etc. But the link btw chess & Berlin is stronger
Another page from my Berlin Calendar.
Another page from my Berlin Calendar.
CHECK, MATE: EMANUEL LASKER'S BERLIN WALL
Today in Berlin: 26 May, 1894
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May 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Widely popular series “The Queen’s Gambit” revived keen interest in chess. Filmed in #Berlin, it inspired a lot of city exploration: Karl-Marx-Allee, Frankfurter Tor, Taut school in Lichtenberg, Haus Cumberland, etc. But the link btw chess & Berlin is stronger
Another page from my Berlin Calendar.
Another page from my Berlin Calendar.
Go swimming. Not in #Berlin lakes but an indoor pool: one whose architecture will leave you floating on your back, marvelling at the endless beauty of the roof construction (something you might not be doing on a daily basis anyway).
#OTD 1930 Stadtbad Mitte opened for service.
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#OTD 1930 Stadtbad Mitte opened for service.
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DIVING IN: THE OPENING OF BERLIN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL INDOOR POOL AND BATHS
Today in Berlin: May 24, 1930
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May 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Were this 1910 you would see me rushing to #Berlin-Johannisthal to watch people like Alfred Frey, Mellie Beese or Robert Thelen perform their magic.
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Berlin Calendar Strikes Again
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Berlin Calendar Strikes Again
HERR FREY FLIES AROUND: FROM JOHANNISTHAL TO BERLIN AND BACK
Today in Berlin: 23 May 1910
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May 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Were this 1910 you would see me rushing to #Berlin-Johannisthal to watch people like Alfred Frey, Mellie Beese or Robert Thelen perform their magic.
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Berlin Calendar Strikes Again
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Berlin Calendar Strikes Again
Were this 1910 you would see me rushing to #Berlin-Johannisthal to watch people like Alfred Frey, Mellie Beese or Robert Thelen perform their magic.
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
HERR FREY FLIES AROUND: FROM JOHANNISTHAL TO BERLIN AND BACK
Today in Berlin: 23 May 1910
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May 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Were this 1910 you would see me rushing to #Berlin-Johannisthal to watch people like Alfred Frey, Mellie Beese or Robert Thelen perform their magic.
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Were it 1910 on May 23, I wish I were on Potsdamer Platz or Unter den Linden watching this historic event:
Warszawa-Express. Always wins the race😉
Berlin-Köpenick (Hirschgarten)
Berlin-Köpenick (Hirschgarten)
May 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Warszawa-Express. Always wins the race😉
Berlin-Köpenick (Hirschgarten)
Berlin-Köpenick (Hirschgarten)
A legendary automobile racing car, fast cars, young count and a tragic crash.
This is the stuff that some of the best headlines are made of.
Exactly 93 years ago today in Berlin.
Berlin Calendar keeps chugging along.🚂📅📅📅
This is the stuff that some of the best headlines are made of.
Exactly 93 years ago today in Berlin.
Berlin Calendar keeps chugging along.🚂📅📅📅
WHEELS ON FIRE: DEATH OF THE YOUNG COUNT LOBKOWICZ
Today in Berlin: May 22, 1932
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May 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A legendary automobile racing car, fast cars, young count and a tragic crash.
This is the stuff that some of the best headlines are made of.
Exactly 93 years ago today in Berlin.
Berlin Calendar keeps chugging along.🚂📅📅📅
This is the stuff that some of the best headlines are made of.
Exactly 93 years ago today in Berlin.
Berlin Calendar keeps chugging along.🚂📅📅📅
Big plus of being a time-traveller? You can never be late: it might be 11.15 PM, but we'll still make it in time to see the first soccer game played in Berlin after the war.
Less than 2 weeks after 3rd Reich finally threw in their towel, 2 teams met in Berlin-Lichtenberg on the pitch.
May 20, 1945
Less than 2 weeks after 3rd Reich finally threw in their towel, 2 teams met in Berlin-Lichtenberg on the pitch.
May 20, 1945
KICK IT LIKE BERSARIN: FIRST SOCCER GAME AFTER THE WAR
Today in Berlin: May 20, 1945
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May 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Big plus of being a time-traveller? You can never be late: it might be 11.15 PM, but we'll still make it in time to see the first soccer game played in Berlin after the war.
Less than 2 weeks after 3rd Reich finally threw in their towel, 2 teams met in Berlin-Lichtenberg on the pitch.
May 20, 1945
Less than 2 weeks after 3rd Reich finally threw in their towel, 2 teams met in Berlin-Lichtenberg on the pitch.
May 20, 1945
And should you ask yourself, why 1900 and not today, here’s the answer:
(And I don’t mean the change of the street name to Kapelle-Ufer)
#Berlin #tristesse
(And I don’t mean the change of the street name to Kapelle-Ufer)
#Berlin #tristesse
May 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
And should you ask yourself, why 1900 and not today, here’s the answer:
(And I don’t mean the change of the street name to Kapelle-Ufer)
#Berlin #tristesse
(And I don’t mean the change of the street name to Kapelle-Ufer)
#Berlin #tristesse
In case you need anything, I’m off to 1900. You’ll find me on Friedrich-Karl-Ufer, watching barrels being unloaded not far from Kronprinzenbrücke.
I hear they have red wine 🍷
I hear they have red wine 🍷
May 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
In case you need anything, I’m off to 1900. You’ll find me on Friedrich-Karl-Ufer, watching barrels being unloaded not far from Kronprinzenbrücke.
I hear they have red wine 🍷
I hear they have red wine 🍷
#OTD 1958 the wooden tower on top of Berlin's Müggelberge stood up in flames. In 1960 rose from ashes again.
After many more dramatic twists and turns, it's still there for all eager hikers and strollers, and for fans of the re-united Berlin to behold and enjoy.
Another page in Berlin Calendar📆🌞
After many more dramatic twists and turns, it's still there for all eager hikers and strollers, and for fans of the re-united Berlin to behold and enjoy.
Another page in Berlin Calendar📆🌞
SMOKE ON THE WATER: MÜGGELTURM BURNS
Today in Berlin: May 19, 1958
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May 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#OTD 1958 the wooden tower on top of Berlin's Müggelberge stood up in flames. In 1960 rose from ashes again.
After many more dramatic twists and turns, it's still there for all eager hikers and strollers, and for fans of the re-united Berlin to behold and enjoy.
Another page in Berlin Calendar📆🌞
After many more dramatic twists and turns, it's still there for all eager hikers and strollers, and for fans of the re-united Berlin to behold and enjoy.
Another page in Berlin Calendar📆🌞
Good morning #Berlin & Beyond!
Fixing your broken hard disc can yield sth positive, too. I have stumbled upon a copy of my absolutely favourite cartoon which I saved in 2011: perfect Monday morning comment from the one and only Gary Larson.
Fixing your broken hard disc can yield sth positive, too. I have stumbled upon a copy of my absolutely favourite cartoon which I saved in 2011: perfect Monday morning comment from the one and only Gary Larson.
May 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Good morning #Berlin & Beyond!
Fixing your broken hard disc can yield sth positive, too. I have stumbled upon a copy of my absolutely favourite cartoon which I saved in 2011: perfect Monday morning comment from the one and only Gary Larson.
Fixing your broken hard disc can yield sth positive, too. I have stumbled upon a copy of my absolutely favourite cartoon which I saved in 2011: perfect Monday morning comment from the one and only Gary Larson.
Sometimes tiny acts of defiance loom huge. Sometimes small protest leads to a bloodbath. Sometimes it is not easy to understand why anyone would put their life in line - until you do understand.
On May 18, 1942 Herbert Baum Group set “Das Sovjet Paradis” on fire.
On May 18, 1942 Herbert Baum Group set “Das Sovjet Paradis” on fire.
THE PARADISE AND THE LOST: HERBERT BAUM GROUP ATTACKS
Today in Berlin: May 18, 1942
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May 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sometimes tiny acts of defiance loom huge. Sometimes small protest leads to a bloodbath. Sometimes it is not easy to understand why anyone would put their life in line - until you do understand.
On May 18, 1942 Herbert Baum Group set “Das Sovjet Paradis” on fire.
On May 18, 1942 Herbert Baum Group set “Das Sovjet Paradis” on fire.