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How the Berlin Wall Worked

Stuff You Should Know

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The Soviet Block Country

As a Western West German, you could travel into East Germany pretty much freely back and forth. There were special plates for people who lived in West Germany. They made me nervous, man. I'd be like, I don't care what offers in East Germany. I'm not going over there. I'll get a new dentist.

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