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S2E7: Stalinallee & Karl-Marx-Allee

Jan 22, 202559 minSeason 2Ep. 7
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Episode description

How to build a new country

Step 1: No, not like that!

Step 2: Stalin, do you like your birthday present?

Step 3: We must make Stalin a nice birthday present, this time while singing a catchy song.

Step 4: Oh, Stalin, are you dead?


This episode Pip & Jonny explore how the grand buildings on Karl-Marx-Allee, formerly Stalinallee, came to be. The story of these momentous buildings is filled with hard work, hope, optimism, and trying to impress daddy. 

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History Flakes LIVE RECORDING JULY 20TH 18.30, Comedy Cafe Berlin 

🎟️🎟️🎟️ TICKETS HERE!!! 🎟️🎟️🎟️

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Tours
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You can find Jonny online on YouTube, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok!

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Sources 

Die Stalinbauten Story by Christian Gruenler

Die Stalinallee - Prachtboulevard für Arbeiter, radioWissen

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