My German professor at the University of Waterloo had said Berlin is not a German word but a Slavic word. Then when I moved to Berlin I heard repeatedly that Berlin meant “Bear”. So, after 10 years in Berlin, I just accepted the local meaning of the term. Zombie Borders However, today I read in the New York Times an article by Frank Jacobs entitled “Zombie Borders”. The article was not about the East/West divide caused by the Cold War, but an ancient border between the Slavic and the Germanic tribes that ran close to where the East Germany and

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