05 October 2013

Saturday Morning SITREP 1005080013Z

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Good Morning Everyone,


1. Three Eyewitness Scenes from Berlin: 1950, 1973, 2013
"Reflections on a city where my grandfather served and my mother visited."

link to article:  http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/three-eyewitness-scenes-from-berlin-1950-1973-2013/280184/

2. Espionage, Cold War thriller author Tom Clancy dies

Article recapping the brilliant but brief life of Tom Clancy



link to article: http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20131002/ENT07/131009900

3. Porsche to BMW Help Bridge East-West German Divide

Talking about the finance of bringing and keeping the automobile giant successful in the east.

link to article: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-02/porsche-bridges-former-communist-divide-as-macan-plugs-gap-cars


4. 5 Fascinating Former DDR Locales

Potsdam, Leipzig, Dresden among the cities in the former East Germany that are quickly becoming tourist meccas.

link to article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-stern/5-fascinating-eastern-ger_b_4024413.html


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