Was Potsdam destroyed in ww2?
Was Potsdam destroyed in ww2? Bombed by the same air force that destroyed Dresden in the second world war, 80% of Potsdam's 300-year-old city centre succumbed to the fatality of war, especially the Old Market Square area where the original City Palace and St. Nicholas Church sat.
Was the Potsdamer Platz in the Cold War?
Once one of the busiest squares in Europe, Potsdamer Platz became a no-man's-land during the cold war years when the Berlin Wall sliced right through it.
What happened at Potsdamer Platz?
The Second World War left the square devastated, and not only that, it was the point where the Soviet, British and American sectors met. It was then divided by the Wall, which meant it spent more than 40 years in neglect – a wasteland between the East and the West.