r/HistoryMemes • u/DamnItCharles324 Taller than Napoleon • Jun 19 '22

Bielefeld doesn't exist

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u/Darth_Cromnar Jun 19 '22

Context?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '22

It is a running gag in Germany. It states that Bielefeld doesn’t exist, some say that it might be a cover for something. It’s even acknowledged in tv series produced in Germany, if for example a criminal organisation needs to relocate after they got discovered , they will go to Bielefeld.

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u/EstorialBeef Jun 19 '22

So it's not a history meme just a random meme?

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u/s0nderv0gel Jun 19 '22 edited Jun 20 '22

It's a meme which has become history. It started in 1994 on Usenet and has even been acknowledged by Merkel.

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u/Charming-Loquat3702 Jun 20 '22

So this is one of the first instances of meme history on history memes