Tuesday, July 5, 2011

East Berlin tramway postcard


Staying with life in the East, this postcard shows what was then named Klement Gottwald Allee in Berlin Weisssensee...well at least it shows railed vehicles, but it's a rather odd theme for a postcard otherwise.  Before 1953 and after 1990 the street has been known as Berliner Allee.

Klement Gottwald (1896-1953) was a Czech born Communist, named in a poll conducted by Czech TV in 2005 as the most unpopular Czech of all.
"DDR-CSR friendship" - a hero for Communist bosses but no-one else

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