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Come and study German at the TEF Gold-rated University of Portsmouth on England's beautiful South Coast! https://www.port.ac.uk/study/subject-area/languages .

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · Aug 14

If you'd like to study German (and other languages!) with us at our vibrant University of Portsmouth the sunny South coast, call 023 9284 8090 or go to: port.ac.uk/clearing

Our languages team will be happy to discuss your options with you!

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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 8h

East Berlin, Kronenstrasse, 31 July 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). #Berlin #GDR #DDR

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Felix Bohr @felixbohr.bsky.social · 8h

»Am Abgrund der deutschen Geschichte und unter der Last der Millionen Ermordeten tat ich, was Menschen tun, wenn die Sprache versagt.«

Willy Brandt,
gestorben am 8. Oktober 1992

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 5h

The German industrial boom, that started in 2005 when Angela Merkel took the reins (that was a coinicidence, she had nothing to do with it), is now officially over. www.ft.com/content/745f...

German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters

Weak August data raises risk of Eurozone’s biggest economy falling back into technical recession

www.ft.com

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rbb|24 @rbb24.de · 23h

Im Zoo gibt es Hippo-Nachwuchs: Am 28.9. brachte Flusspferd-Dame Nala Zwillinge zur Welt - eine absolute Seltenheit. Leider überlebte jedoch nur eines der beiden männlichen Jungtiere. Das Leichtgewicht (28kg) muss noch wachsen, bis es im großen Becken schwimmen kann. rbburl.de/hippobaby

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Christopher Hughes MBE @chrislinguist.bsky.social · 19h

I'm proud to be described as a 'linguist', because that means that I'm curious about other cultures, welcoming of other traditions, eager to discover more of the world, open to diverse perspectives, excited about new experiences. There's a whole lot more to linguists than vocab and grammar.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 20h

'Berlin at Night.' (c1860) Described by Degas as the ‘greatest living master’ during his lifetime, Adolph von Menzel is less remembered today outside of Germany than the French painter who admired him; his career deserves far greater appreciation and study than it receives.

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 11h

8 October 1985: stamps issued in the GDR depicting bridges in East Berlin

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 11h

8 October 1971: an GDR election poster in Klement-Gottwald-Allee in Berlin-Weißensee (via Bundesarchiv)

German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 11h

8 October 1966: a weight-lifter in East Berlin's Karl-Marx-Allee ahead of the World and European Championships (via Bundesarchiv)

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 11h

8 October 1952: HO department store and the Berolinahaus on East Berlin's Alexanderplatz (via Bundesarchiv)

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

Known for his unforgiving and often critical depictions of German society during the Weimar Republic, this self-portrait by Otto Dix (1912) pays homage to the work of the Italian Old Masters - the carnation was a popular motif in northern Italian Renaissance painting.

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

'Cold war power play': a new exhibition in Berlin shows how the notoriously paranoid East German state greeted the dawn of video gaming with surprising enthusiasm www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o... via @theguardian.com

Cold war power play: how the Stasi got into computer games

A new exhibition in Berlin shows how the notoriously paranoid East German state greeted the dawn of video gaming with surprising enthusiasm

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Straßenverlauf @strassenverlauf.bsky.social · 2d

Meret Oppenheim (6. Oktober 1913 - 15. November 1985)

Meret Oppenheim wurde am 6. Oktober 1913 in der Joachim-Friedrich-Straße 48 in Charlottenburg geboren. Schon im Folgejahr zog die Familie Oppenheim an die Schweizer Grenze und Meret Oppenheim sollte hauptsächlich in Basel und Paris leben.

Eigene Fotografie im MOMA aufgenommen zeigt Oppenheims Tasse und Löffel aus Pelz.

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Dr Seán Ketchem @cskwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Hey! October is German-American Day. Re-upping my photos of Hamburg's Emigrant Museum, the actual former emigration halls of the Hamburg-America line, from which thousands of German and other Central European families set off for the sea journey to the New World.

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

'Am Ende nur Nebel': how the GDR celebrated its 40th anniversary on 7 October 1989 taz.de/Der-40-Jahre... via @taz.de

Der 40. Jahrestag der DDR 1989: Am Ende nur Nebel

Als alles schon in Auflösung war, feierte die DDR ihren 40. Jahrestag. Ein intimer Bericht über den Niedergang des Alten und Hoffnung auf Neues.

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7 October 1989: How 'Gorbi' spoiled East Germany's 40th birthday party www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Oct. 7, 1989: How 'Gorbi' Spoiled East Germany's 40th Birthday Party

The celebrations to mark 40 years of communist East Germany couldn't hide the mounting rumbles of dissent. Many East Germans looked to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to persuade the Honecker regime t...

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

7 October 1989: East Germans abandon their Trabant cars in Prague www.theguardian.com/world/2016/o... via @theguardian.com

East Germans abandon their Trabant cars in Prague – archive, 7 Oct 1989

07 Oct 1989: Many refugees hoping to settle in the west dump their communist built vehicles near the West German embassy

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7 October 1974: the 25th anniversary of the GDR is celebrated in East Berlin (via Bundesarchiv)

German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

7 October 1968: the GDR flag flies high up on East Berlin's Fernsehturm to mark the GDR's 19th birthday (via Bundesarchiv)

German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

How The Guardian reported the establishment of the GDR on 7 October 1949 www.theguardian.com/world/from-t... via @theguardian.com

The creation of East Germany, archive 1949

How the Guardian reported the establishment of the Germany Democratic Republic on 7 October 1949

www.theguardian.com

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

7 October 1949: the East German state is founded www.deutschlandfunk.de/vor-70-jahre...

Vor 70 Jahren - Gründung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik

Am 7. Oktober 1949 verkündet der SED-Vorsitzende Wilhelm Pieck im Festsaal des früheren Reichsluftfahrtministeriums in Berlin die Gründung der DDR. Damit war die staatliche Teilung Deutschlands endgül...

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

7 October 1928: new winter transport timetables become available (poster designed by 'Lego')

German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 1d

7 October 1928: an international air exhibition opens in Berlin. Poster designed by Hans Ibe.

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Christa Dürscheid @christaduerscheid.bsky.social · 2d

Hier der Hinweis auf ein Buch, dass nützlich sein kann.😉
Denn es gibt nun einmal richtig gutes und richtig schlechtes Deutsch - und wenn man schon Fehler macht, dann wenigstens richtig. Peter Eisenberg hat dazu einen interesanten Artikel geschrieben: ids-pub.bsz-bw.de/frontdoor/de...

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"Black" & "Mieze" @blackundmieze.bsky.social · 2d

Faschistisches Ja-Wort nahe dem Brandenburger Tor: Oswald Mosley und Diana Guinness heirateten am 6. Oktober 1936 in Berlin – standesamtlich, geheim und in Goebbels' Dienstvilla. #onthisday Herzlichen Dank, @tagesspiegel.de, dass ich daran erinnern darf.

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Hitler schenkte ein Führerbild: Die bizarre Hochzeit der britischen Faschisten in Goebbels’ Berliner Dienstvilla

Der Bräutigam reiste direkt von einer Straßenschlacht an: 1936 heiratete Sir Oswald Mosley in Berlin Diana Guinness. Die Feier blieb lange geheim, sogar die „New York Times“ berichtete falsch.

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