Word: kempinski
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...elector of Saxony, built the ornate Taschenbergpalais as a residence for his favorite mistress. The Baroque palace, later occupied by the Wettin dynasty, was virtually destroyed by Allied bombing raids in 1945. Five decades later, the architectural treasure has been rebuilt and reopened as the Grand Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski, with 213 guest rooms. Located in the heart of the city, the hotel has a fully restored facade, grand staircase and reception rooms...
...Kempinski Hotel in West Berlin, an American newspaper reporter assured me that "once these people have spent a month or two crossing back and forth and been blinded by the lights and BMWs of West Berlin, that will be the end of all the talk about a new socialism." My colleague might turn out to be right -- he has a pretty good track record in this part of the world. Still, the words of the East Berliners -- and more important, the intensity of feeling behind them -- left a deeper impression...