BEHIND THE WALL: Tales from East German football

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The Berlin Wall fell 35 years ago this month. To celebrate, we’ve cobbled together a few stories from the history of East German football. First off: what better way than to celebrate East Germany’s one appearance at the World Cup in 1974.

Then, we’ll take a look at each of the nation’s three European finalists before the civil war between BFC Dynamo and Dynamo Dresden that took place in the 1980s. This is Behind the Wall: Tales from East Germany.

00:00 – Intro

00:30 – East Germany, 1974

05:00 – Magdeburg, 1974

09:45 – Carl Zeiss Jena, 1981

14:30 – Lokomotive Leipzig, 1987

18:15 – BFC Dynamo v Dynamo Dresden, 1979-1991

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