Wednesday, 5. November 2003

Honecker's cars under the hammer


The Bernsteinsee is an unlikely place to find the East German politburo's fleet of limousines - an idyllic lake tucked away amid winding country lanes and fields near Hanover, in Lower Saxony. But turn a corner, pass through a gate, and there they are: seven extended Volvo limousines gleaming in the late autumn sunshine.

¬> bbc

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