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Auftakt zur Partnerschaft: Leningrad und Hamburg 1957
In: Osteuropa, Band 61, Heft 8-9, S. 353-357
ISSN: 0030-6428
The city partnership between Leningrad and Hamburg is noteworthy. Although Leningrad had suffered considerably at the hands of the German military, the Soviet Union recommended a partnership with Hamburg. The Hanseatic city was open to the idea. But this proposal met with fierce criticism from the West German government. Nonetheless, pragmatic cooperation got underway. It gave a boost to the policy of detente and brought the two port cities closer together. Adapted from the source document.
