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TIL A Soviet Base in Wünsdorf East Germany was once the largest Soviet military base in Germany and contained a movie theater and pool for high ranking officers, but was abandoned after the Berlin Wall fell. The complex is now being renovated and already 1,700 new apartments have been created.

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