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Former Athens boy writes vivid Berlin letter home
From Berlin March 16 1919 E H Rhodes son of J F Rhodes Athens describes first hand experiences during rioting in the capital. He recounts crowds at Unter den Linden Parisier Platz and the Adlon hotel siege and gunfire including Spartacist violence. He notes Allied occupation aims and hopes to return to America by July.
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E. H. Rhodes
Athens
Berlin
J. F. Rhodes
Germany
Inter-Allied Commission
United States Military Mission
Hotel Adlon
Joe
Unter den Linden
Hotel Adion
Parisier Platz
Bradenburg Tor
Wecome
East Africa
Harris
Stars and Stripes
America
Wilhelmstrasse
Friedrichstrasse
Spartacists
Friedrischstrasse
Kaiser's Palace
Alexander Platz
Noske
Adlon
Kulture
Rotterdam
Holland
Poland
Rusa
Red Army
Red
Russia
Brandenburg Tor
Hindenburg
Kaiser’s Palace