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Ampelmann, the East German traffic light man 2007-10-18 04:25:14 My personal favorite Ostalgie item, as I mentioned before, is the Ampelmann, the man in the trafficlight
s of East German
y (”Ampel” is “traffic-light” in German).
My first encounter with the Ampelmann was actually in a traffic-light. I immediately liked that cute darling. And then I found out about his oh so naïve and sweet [...]
Ostalgie in Berlin 2007-10-16 04:19:35 The official Berlin
tourism site offers a program for East Berlin nostalgia tours, which you can find here. They claim that “The recent history in Berlin has many aspects and different ways of handling. On one hand there is the difficult historical discussion, on the other hand is the (n)ostalgic mood… Our tour shows both [...]
The Hackeschen Höfe 2007-11-11 06:00:34 The Hackeschen Höfe is a complex of eight courtyards, which was built around the turn of the 19th century, and consisted then of a mixture of offices, workshops, factories and residential apartments. The place was renovated in the 1990s.
Berlin Must Sees: Gendarmenmarkt 2007-11-13 04:20:32 This beautiful square includes the German Cathedral, the French Cathedral and the Konzerthaus. It was laid out from 1688 according to plans of the architect J.A. Nering, and was originally known as Linden Markt, and then Friedrichstädtischer Markt or Neuer Markt. It became known as Gendarmenmarkt because of the old Gendarme regiment that was housed [...] Read more:Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse - Offices of the Nazi Reich 2007-11-17 05:44:20 Wilhelmstrasse is a street in the center of Berlin, which runs south from Unter den Linden for some 2 km, until its junction with Stresemannstrasse, near Hallesches Ufer. From mid 19th century the street was the administrative center of the Kingdom of Prussia, and during the Nazi period it became the administrative center of the [...] Read more:Offices
Topography of Terror: construction finally started, again 2007-11-15 04:31:37 Some two weeks ago, the German government finally announced the beginning of the construction of an exhibition center at the site which used to house once the Gestapo, SS and Reich Security Offices in Berlin (located on the Prinz Albrecht Terrain at Niederkirchnerstrasse 8), to complete the memorial known as the “Topography of Terror
”.
Remembering the Holocaust 2007-11-23 17:13:28 The next few posts will deal with a subject close to my heart, and one of the things that first attracted me to this magnificent city. That is, the memory of the Holocaust
. I have already mentioned here before I have personal interest in this subject, being what is known as “third generation to the [...] Read more:Remembering
Berlin Fesival of Lights 2007 2007-11-21 16:33:11 Berlin isn’t a “City of Lights
” like Paris is. True, it is known for it’s lively nightlife, but but only on weekends. Actually, on most week nights it is rather dark. But this only made these festival days last October even more exciting. Here’s a taste of what we saw (click on the images [...] Read more:Berlin
Fatherland - a novel 2007-11-29 16:45:07 Fatherland, by Robert Harris, is, in my opinion, one of those rare examples of good fiction combining historical knowledge and philosophical insights.
Basically, it is a detective novel
, focusing on a murder investigation, taking place in Nazi Germany, around the time of Hitler’s 75th birthday celebrations. The “hero” (more of an anti-hero, actually) is a detective [...]
House of the Wannsee Conference 2007-11-27 16:33:00 The Villa Marlier on Am Großen Wannsee 56-58, the place where the conference dealing with the “Final Solution to the Jewish Problem” was held back on 20 January 1942, is nowadays a memorial and educational center. Read more:House
Grünewald Train Station - Gleis 17 2007-11-25 17:17:20 The Grünewald S-Bahn station is a train station on the S7 line going to Potsdam. This station was the place where the deportations occurred. More than 50,000 of Berlin’s Jews were deported from here to extermination camps. Read more:Train
, Station
Some more Holocaust related memorials 2007-12-05 15:03:06 The Missing House: A work by Christian Boltanski, from 1990, located on Grosse Hamburger Strasse, across the street from the Jewish School, not very far from the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse. The missing building was destroyed in WW2. Some of its former residents were Jews. Boltanski constructed there “a memorial space dedicated to absence”. [...] Read more:Holocaust
, related
“Places of Remembrance” in the Bavarian Quarter 2007-12-03 15:03:01 The memorial “Places
of Remembrance
”, created by the artist Renata Stih and the art historian Frieder Schnock, consists of 80 street signs, presenting anti-Jewish laws and regulations under Nazi rule. One side of each such sign shows a picture, the other a piece of anti-Jewish legislation.
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp 2007-12-01 12:19:14 The Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located some 35 kilometers from Berlin, in Oranienburg. You get there by taking the S1 from Berlin to Oranienburg central station, and from there taking bus line 804 directly to the place.
Jewish Museum Berlin 2007-12-15 10:31:28 The JewishMuseum
in Berlin
is a very impressive museum. The building itself, designed by the famous American architect Daniel Libeskind, is something worth seeing. The permanent exhibition is interesting, some parts of it very impressive, even overwhelming. And as if that’s not enough, they also present excellent special (changing) exhibitions.
Christmas and New Year’s Eve in Berlin 2007-12-21 02:47:13 I have been to Berlin
one day last Christmas
, and I tell you, it’s beautiful. The city is crammed with Christmas markets, there are lots of Christmas activities, and of course, New Year
’s Eve is celebrated with splendor.
Jewish life in Berlin today 2007-12-19 09:28:41 According to official German websites, the Jewish
population in Germany has tripled in the past decade, especially thanks to a large wave of immigration from past Soviet countries, but is still only one fifth of what it used to be before the Second World War. The Jewish community (at least the registered one) in Berlin
[...]
Neue Synagogue in Oranienburger Strasse 2007-12-17 09:00:26 The synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse 28-30 was opened in 1866, then the largest synagogue in Germany, with 3,200 seats. Otto von Bismarck was present at its inauguration. It is located in what was back then a large Jewish district, and now is a very popular spot, crowded with pubs, cafes and restaurants.
Jewish Museum Berlin 2007-12-15 10:31:28 The JewishMuseum
in Berlin
is a very impressive museum. The building itself, designed by the famous American architect Daniel Libeskind, is something worth seeing. The permanent exhibition is interesting, some parts of it very impressive, even overwhelming. And as if that’s not enough, they also present excellent special (changing) exhibitions.
Some more Holocaust related memorials 2007-12-05 15:03:06 The Missing House: A work by Christian Boltanski, from 1990, located on Grosse Hamburger Strasse, across the street from the Jewish School, not very far from the New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse. The missing building was destroyed in WW2. Some of its former residents were Jews. Boltanski constructed there “a memorial space dedicated to absence”. [...] Read more:Holocaust
, related
“Places of Remembrance” in the Bavarian Quarter 2007-12-03 15:03:01 The memorial “Places
of Remembrance
”, created by the artist Renata Stih and the art historian Frieder Schnock, consists of 80 street signs, presenting anti-Jewish laws and regulations under Nazi rule. One side of each such sign shows a picture, the other a piece of anti-Jewish legislation. Read more:ldquo
, rdquo
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp 2007-12-01 12:19:14 The Sachsenhausen concentration camp is located some 35 kilometers from Berlin, in Oranienburg. You get there by taking the S1 from Berlin to Oranienburg central station, and from there taking bus line 804 directly to the place.
Fatherland - a novel 2007-11-29 16:45:07 Fatherland, by Robert Harris, is, in my opinion, one of those rare examples of good fiction combining historical knowledge and philosophical insights.
Basically, it is a detective novel
, focusing on a murder investigation, taking place in Nazi Germany, around the time of Hitler’s 75th birthday celebrations. The “hero” (more of an anti-hero, actually) is a detective [...]
House of the Wannsee Conference 2007-11-27 16:33:00 The Villa Marlier on Am Großen Wannsee 56-58, the place where the conference dealing with the “Final Solution to the Jewish Problem” was held back on 20 January 1942, is nowadays a memorial and educational center. Read more:House
Grünewald Train Station - Gleis 17 2007-11-25 17:17:20 The Grünewald S-Bahn station is a train station on the S7 line going to Potsdam. This station was the place where the deportations occurred. More than 50,000 of Berlin’s Jews were deported from here to extermination camps. Read more:Station
, Train
Remembering the Holocaust 2007-11-23 17:13:28 The next few posts will deal with a subject close to my heart, and one of the things that first attracted me to this magnificent city. That is, the memory of the Holocaust
. I have already mentioned here before I have personal interest in this subject, being what is known as “third generation to the [...] Read more:Remembering
Berlin Festival of Lights 2007 2007-11-21 16:33:11 Berlin isn’t a “City of Lights
” like Paris is. True, it is known for it’s lively nightlife, but but only on weekends. Actually, on most week nights it is rather dark. But this only made these festival days last October even more exciting. Here’s a taste of what we saw (click on the images [...] Read more:Festival
, Berlin
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