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Berlin East Side Gallery: Memory, Hope and Decay

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I walked along Berlin East Side Gallery on a gray, windy, and cold day of March, huddled up in my jacket while silently looking at the wall paintings celebrating freedom after the Wall’s collapse, which started on November 9, 1989. A memorial for a sad past, a sign of hope for a future of freedom As …

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Category: GERMANYTag: art & architecture, fascinating cities, street art

Berlin Holocaust Memorial. Winning my Brain, but not my Heart

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Since I was a teen-ager I’ve been strongly sensitive to the horrors and the insanity of the Holocaust thus, during my recent trip to the German capital I couldn’t miss seeing the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. While walking among the stelae of the Berlin Holocaust Memorial I was surprised by my unexpected reaction: intellectual admiration, but no strong emotions. …

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Category: GERMANYTag: europe, fascinating cities

We Shall Never Forget… Berlin Between Past and Present

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I visited Berlin more than 20 years ago, at a time when the world was so different. The Berlin Wall, built in August 1961 by the German Democratic Republic to isolate East Berlin from the ‘evil’ West, had just fallen but the division between Western and Eastern Germany was still in place. Checkpoint Charlie marked …

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Category: GERMANYTag: europe, fascinating cities

Germany, Potsdam Sanssouci Palace

Potsdam Sanssouci Park: A Photo Tour

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A trip to Berlin wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Potsdam and the magnificent palaces within Sanssouci Park, witnessing the power of the Prussian Kingdom. Sannsouci and Potsdam Parks, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990 Sanssouci Castle, commissioned by Friedrich the Great in 1744, is certainly the most famous palace. Friedrich II wanted a …

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Category: GERMANYTag: europe, fascinating cities, unesco whs

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