In the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday, around 11,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes after a 250kg WWII-era bomb was discovered on a building site near the Jüdisches Museum on Lindenstrasse.

Kreuzberg district, Berlin.
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Making the area safe took much longer than anticipated due to the mass evacuation, but residents were able to return to their homes on Sunday evening. Read more: thelocal.de

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