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Colonel Halvorsen was a young U.S. Air Force soldier when Moscow blocked access to Berlin's Western sectors in 1948. He quickly became the most famous 'Raisin Bomber' pilot. On both sides of the Atlantic, he will be missed.

Germans usually take trips to Hamburg, Munich, the Black Forest or, if they are lucky, to Tokyo, Seattle or Rio de Janeiro. Matthias Maurer picked an even more…

On November 5th, 2021, Margot Friedländer will turn 100. Ahead of her big birthday, she introduced a new book with portrait photos at Red City Hall in Berlin.

In Berlin, people squeeze into those 'U-Bahn' trains to get from 'A' to 'B' in the morning. Once the day is over, they go back to 'A'. And 'A' is usually the…

According to Edvard Grieg, Clara Schumann was "one of the most soulful and famous pianists of the day". As a composer, she was admired as well. In the past five…

Victor Baruch, one of the 50,000 Bulgarian Jews who were saved from the Nazis, and the only Bulgarian to cover the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, celebrates his 100th birthday today. Imanuel Marcus met him in Sofia, when he was 97.

Sérgio Santos Mendes is the man who brought Bossa Nova, Samba and Musica Popular Brasileira to the world. But this is only the simple version of a story that…

Margot Friedländer grew up in Kreuzberg. Her family was murdered by the Nazis. She survived Theresienstadt and emigrated to the United States. Ten years ago,…

Berlin has a best friend in the United States of America. Gail Halvorsen is turning 100 today. The city he helped so much congratulated him with a video clip.