Tour Guide Explains Germany's History: Prussia, WWI, Cold War, Berlin Wall | JONNY WHITLAM #08

Jonny Whitlam is a tour guide in Berlin, podcaster, content creator, and entrepreneur. He offers fascinating private tours of Berlin, sharing untold stories of the city's history. In addition to his tours, Jonny creates engaging content on TikTok and Instagram, where he shares interesting facts about Berlin's past.

Originally from the UK, Jonny has been living in Berlin since 2012. He began as a free tour guide and has since gained enough experience to run his own successful private tours.

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In this episode, we talked about The November Revolution of 1918, Muskel Adolf, the decay of Prussia, the Weimar Republic and how the Nazis came to power.

Also we discuss how some aspects of history are repeting in todays life in Germany, we talked about the words from Martin Niemöller, also we jump all to way to the fall of the wall and how a chain of events made it happen.

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3 places to visit in Berlin mentioned in the podcast:

• Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
• Dong Xuan Center Berlin
• TV-Asahi-Kirschblütenallee am Berliner Mauerweg

Guest: Jonny Whitlam

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Hosts:

• Luardo https://www.instagram.com/luardoberlin/
• Benji

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00:00 Intro

02:00 Alte Münze Building Architecture

06:20 Königskolonnaden and Muskel Adolf

10:01 Sponsor

11:10 Germany's November Revolution 1918

21:00 What is Prussia and what happen with the Prussian Empire?

32:00 National Pride

36:00 How the NS got into Power in Germany?

39:20 Martin Niemöller

47:30 Podcasting and Hardcore history

52:00 Germania: The Plans for a new Berlin in 1930's

58:30 Berlin Wall and the fall of the wall

1:11:00 3 unknown must visit places in Berlin