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Confrontation in Berlin

    A color postcard from the mid-1920s of the Berlin Friedrichstrasse train station, with horse-drawn black carriages stationed on the street in front of the building.

    Enroute to Moscow in 1934, the Robesons passed through Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse train station, where they were accosted, and their lives were threatened by Nazi stormtroopers. The incident turned Paul fervently against fascism.

    ca. 1926
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    http://www.snugu.de/ak/berlinfriedrichstr.htm, via “Berlin Friedrichstrasse station,” Wikipedia