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Dec 11, 2007

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Sachsenhausen was a concentration camp in Germany, operating between 1936 and 1950. From 1936 to 1945 it was run by the National Socialist regime in Germany, and from 1945 to the spring of 1950 it was run by the Stalinist Soviet occupying forces as “Special Camp No. 7.” On the front entrance gates to Sachsenhausen […]

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Dec 10, 2007

Walking Tour, Berlin

Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Here are some photos from around the city, including the Lustgarten, TV tower, Checkpoint Charlie, Hitler’s bunker, the hotel where Michael Jackson dangled his baby out the window, among other sites.

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Dec 10, 2007

Reichstag, Berlin

The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed to house the Reichstag, the original parliament of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933, when it was allegedly burned down by a Dutch communist. The Reichstag Building again became the seat of the German parliament in 1999 after a reconstruction […]

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Dec 10, 2007

Holocaust Memorial, Berlin

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineers Buro Happold. It consists of a 19,000 square meter (4.7 acre) site covered with 2,711 […]

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Dec 10, 2007

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin, Germany. It was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791.

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Dec 10, 2007

Berliner Dom, Berlin

The Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral is a Lutheran cathedral located on Museum Island in the Mitte district of Berlin, and was built between 1895 and 1905.

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Dec 10, 2007

Berlin Wall, Berlin

The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany. The wall divided East and West Berlin for 28 years, from the day construction began on August 13, 1961, until it was dismantled in 1989. During this period 125 people were killed trying to […]

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Dec 10, 2007

Bebelplatz, Berlin

Bebelplatz is best known as the site of the book burning ceremony held on May 10, 1933, by members of the S.A. (“brown shirts”) and Nazi youth groups, on the instigation of the Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels. The Nazis burned around 20,000 books, including works by Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx […]

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Dec 9, 2007

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin

Potsdamer Platz is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin, Germany. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. Today, the area […]

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