Comments by "Kim Jong-un" (@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un) on "Why Germany is still divided" video.

  1. Another thing the DDR did to show superiority was build the Fernsehturn. They purposefully built it so tall to dominate the Berlin skyline as symbolism that socialism dominates. But the most interesting GDR/DDR fact of them all...the Palast der Republik lives on through the Burj Khalifa in Dubai! About 35K tonnes of steel from it was shipped to the UAE for the Burj Khalifa. The Palast der Republik opened in 1976 and was the main gathering place of the DDR in East Berlin. Besides parliament, it also had restaurants, a performing arts center, a post office, a casino, galleries, a bowling alley, and even an indoor swimming pool! The Palast was demolished in the 2000s to rebuild the old Stadtschloss. The Palast may be gone from Museum Island, but across from the former site is the former State Council Building, which houses the ESMT Berlin campus. They've been quite passionate about preserving its history. The interior has a large glass socialist mosaic by Walter Womacka. The interior also has a ballroom with a preserved GDR emblem made of one million mosaic stones. And the building's entrance is actually a balcony kept from the ORIGINAL Stadtschloss and was added to the State Council Building. The balcony is significant because it was the balcony Karl Liebknecht, who led the Spartacist uprising declared a new socialist republic in 1918. It's also the same balcony the Kaiser declared war against Russia
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