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Berlin?s Currywurst sausage go Global
2008-03-15 14:50:00 Berliners are known for their affection towards sausages. Especially for the Currywurst, the #1 fast food in the city. You must try this one at list once, and now you can even do that without traveling to Germany. Daniels Counter writes about Berlin Snack, a place in London where you can grab Currywursts, Bratwurst, Knackwurst ... More About: Global , Berlin , Sausage
Berlin Graffiti Project III
2008-02-09 12:20:00 This is the third part of this project, and the last for the time being. But if you took nice shots of other graffiti and street art, and want to share them with us - please do. Although we did choose the best, finest looking, most intriguing and/or most interesting artworks from our point of view, ... More About: Culture , Graffiti , Project , Berlin
Berlin Graffiti Project II
2008-01-24 09:55:00 When the communist era was over and the Berlin Wall came down, the graffiti street art was already strongly embeded into Berlin’s culture. Though considered by some as pure vandalism, it continued to flourish and win the youngsters’ penchant. The monumental East Side Gallery was a way to preserve this special cultural entity, but it ... More About: Culture , Graffiti , Project
Berlin Graffiti Project
2008-01-19 19:12:00 Part 1 of a 3-part project: the best pictures of graffiti and street art in Berlin . There must be tens of thousands of graffiti and graffiti-like works, scattered all over the city of Berlin. You can find them on walls, buildings, pavements, and ever cars. Some where made by famous artists, like the wonderful East Side ... More About: Culture , Graffiti , Project
Christmas and New Year?s Eve in Berlin
2007-12-21 09:47:00 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. More About: Culture , Atmosphere
Christmas and New Year’s Eve in Berlin
2007-12-21 09:47:00 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 16:28:00 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 ... More About: Life , Today
Jewish life in Berlin today
2007-12-19 16:28:00 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 ... More About: Life , Culture , Today , Jews
Neue Synagogue in Oranienburger Strasse
2007-12-17 16:00:00 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. More About: Synagogue , Rani , Urge
Neue Synagogue in Oranienburger Strasse
2007-12-17 16:00:00 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. More About: Synagogue , Rani , Urge
Jewish Museum Berlin
2007-12-15 17:31:00 The Jewish Museum 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. More About: Culture , Germany
Jewish Museum Berlin
2007-12-15 17:31:00 The Jewish Museum 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. More About: Culture , Germany
Some more Holocaust related memorials
2007-12-05 22:03:00 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”. ... More About: Holocaust , Berlin , Related
Some more Holocaust related memorials
2007-12-05 22:03:00 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”. ... More About: Holocaust , Berlin , Related
?Places of Remembrance? in the Bavarian Quarter
2007-12-03 22:03:00 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. More About: Culture , Berlin , Quarter
?Places of Remembrance? in the Bavarian Quarter
2007-12-03 22:03:00 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. More About: Culture , Berlin , Quarter
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp
2007-12-01 19:19:00 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. More About: Camp , Concentration
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp
2007-12-01 19:19:00 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. More About: Camp , Concentration
Fatherland - a novel
2007-11-29 23:45:00 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 ... More About: Fath
Fatherland - a novel
2007-11-29 23:45:00 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 ... More About: Fath
House of the Wannsee Conference
2007-11-27 23:33:00 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. More About: House , Conference
House of the Wannsee Conference
2007-11-27 23:33:00 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. More About: House , Holocaust , Berlin , Conference , Memorials
Grünewald Train Station - Gleis 17
2007-11-26 00:17:00 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. More About: Train , Station , Leis
Grünewald Train Station - Gleis 17
2007-11-26 00:17:00 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. More About: Train , Station , Leis
Remembering the Holocaust
2007-11-24 00:13:00 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 ... More About: Germany , Berlin , Remembering , Erin
Remembering the Holocaust
2007-11-24 00:13:00 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 Holo caust . I have already mentioned here before I have personal interest in this subject, being what is known as “third generation to the ... More About: Remembering , Erin , Loca
Berlin Festival of Lights 2007
2007-11-21 23:33:00 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 ... More About: Culture , Berlin , Festival , Festival of Lights
Berlin Fesival of Lights 2007
2007-11-21 23:33:00 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 ... More About: Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse - Offices of the Nazi Reich
2007-11-17 12:44:00 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 ... More About: Hitler , Nazism , Offices , Reich
Topography of Terror: construction finally started, again
More articles from this author:2007-11-15 11:31:00 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 ”. More About: Construction , Finally , Nazism 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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