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East German map of Berlin, 1988 - West Berlin is missing, as it wasn't part of the German Democratic Republic (i.redd.it)
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[–] manxu@piefed.social 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's not just missing because of political reasons. It's also missing because the Eastern German authorities wanted to make escape to West Berlin as hard as possible. If you have no map of what the other side looks like, it's harder to plan your escape.

[–] FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus 8 points 3 days ago

That’s a political reason as well.