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swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iyai6ya wrote
Reply to comment by TomRiddIe in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Actually that’s not quite true. The only U-Bahn station in East Berlin was Linie E (Tiergarten), opening in 1973.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iyahvt5 wrote
Reply to comment by ClarenceCrocodile in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Lol.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iyahu6f wrote
Reply to comment by HeebieMcJeeberson in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
That was done on purpose. The GDR wanted to present itself as the “real Germany” and opted to keep the old military uniform look, while the Bundeswehr did their best to Americanise the way their army looked. In the early years this was also a likely consequence of superfluous amounts of uniforms and a limited budget.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy9wmrq wrote
Reply to comment by LittleKitty235 in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Ok, doesn’t make your statement accurate. This was Germany.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy9sp4h wrote
Reply to comment by LittleKitty235 in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
This was taken in the GDR not the USSR
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy97h4p wrote
Reply to comment by Circ-Le-Jerk in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Counter culture has been replaced by cancel culture but let’s try and leave politics out of this.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy9272y wrote
Reply to Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Lol thanks for 1k likes guys. Never thought i’d get this many
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy923k3 wrote
Reply to comment by doveball in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Lol
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy8ek05 wrote
Reply to comment by gheiminfantry in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Noice
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy8boxj wrote
Reply to comment by 1000Hells1GiftShop in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Sad, but true. A forbidden rom-I mean bromance between an authority and an anti-authoritarian
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy8anje wrote
Reply to comment by 1000Hells1GiftShop in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
I love how these two seem to blatantly ignore each other
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy8ajg6 wrote
Reply to comment by lick_some_donkeys in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Looks very similar yeah
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy8acyl wrote
Reply to comment by gheiminfantry in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
You aren’t kidding that you were actually there when this was taken, right? 😅
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy89azo wrote
Reply to comment by gheiminfantry in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Where you the Volkspolizist or the Punk lol?
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy861cx wrote
Reply to comment by Thropedone in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Thank you!
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy7w4w6 wrote
Reply to comment by LongjumpingCheck2638 in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Streng Geheim
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy7vtd7 wrote
Reply to comment by armand55 in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Or he cod have been an undercover IM lol
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy7utub wrote
Reply to comment by RepostSleuthBot in Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Good bot
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swishswooshSwiss OP t1_iy121au wrote
Reply to comment by wjbc in The Opel brothers ( Carl, Wilhelm, Heinrich, Fritz and Ludwig) on a tandem bicycle, 1912 by swishswooshSwiss
Probably cause not many know the word quintuplet
The Opel brothers ( Carl, Wilhelm, Heinrich, Fritz and Ludwig) on a tandem bicycle, 1912swishswooshSwiss OP t1_ixho72c wrote
Reply to comment by Rufus123-McGee in USAAF Internees at internment Camp Adelboden (aka Camp Moloney), Switzerland, 1943-45. by swishswooshSwiss
After thinking on it I may know why the Swiss weren’t fond of Americans, especially the Air Force. Most of the 70 bombings by the allies after 1943 were done by the Americans, including the 1944 bombing of Schaffhausen. Although some of these may be attributed to mistakes, some, such as the bombing of Schaffhausen are suspected to have been done out of retaliation (for Swiss Air Force shooting down and dogfighting USAAF invading Swiss airspace and collaboration with Germans). This belief was especially prevalent back then. So you can imagine the Swiss were not very happy with these men.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_ixhd8z7 wrote
Reply to comment by Rufus123-McGee in USAAF Internees at internment Camp Adelboden (aka Camp Moloney), Switzerland, 1943-45. by swishswooshSwiss
I do admit that most Swiss MPs and prison guards seemed to treat Americans less well than other nations internees. No idea why, although that surely was not common practice everywhere.
swishswooshSwiss OP t1_ixgvs87 wrote
Reply to comment by Rufus123-McGee in USAAF Internees at internment Camp Adelboden (aka Camp Moloney), Switzerland, 1943-45. by swishswooshSwiss
They were kind to most. EDIT: apparently the Americans were treated worst.
swishswooshSwiss t1_j9lp6ud wrote
Reply to This dad and his pet duck in 1994 by smazetron
This has great meme potential