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Article: Berlin.
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- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Tragedies, triumphs, and lessons of a tumultuous century
If ever a city merited serious study for the lessons of history, it would have to be Berlin. One who wants to understand our century must try to understand Berlin. It hardly seems possible that any other city in the world could have caused so much mischief in only a hundred years. And yet, after all that has happened, what Germany's leaders are calling "The Berlin Republic" is the keystone of Europe. Without it the future of a mighty continent would stand in jeopardy.
How could one not be in awe of Berlin? In size, it would swallow up the combined areas of Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart, each of ...