Saturday, December 10, 2011

On the Streets of War

Much-delayed but worth waiting for photos from Berlin, October 28 - November 2, 2011.
Yet another famous arch-like structure. (Brandenburgur Tor)

In the Holocaust Memorial (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe)

Nazi architecture is scary and depressing like everything else Nazi.

First view of the wall.

This cobblestone path runs throughout Berlin to mark where the wall once stood.

Church.

Memorial to all the books that the Nazis burned - the empty library. Enough empty bookshelves to hold approximately 10,000 books.

Autumn in Berlin.

Seriously.

Cities with rivers are better than cities without rivers.

Brecht's theatre!

Holocaust memorial at sunset-ish.

Berliner bier at Currywurst 36.

Street art.

The infamous balcony out of which Michael Jackson dangled the baby - Hotel Adlon's cheapest room is something like 5000 euros a night. Michael Jackson stayed in the most expensive one.

Eating a pretzel!

One of those green men is real.

This weirds me out - the tourism created by replicas of wartime.

All he needs is a monocle.

Berliner Ensemble!

Avant-garde! (Don't miss the frankensteins in the front... I kept changing my mind about whether they were part of the show or not until they stood up and started yelling.)

All the stamps you need to go from East to West Berlin!

Memorial to the murdered Jews of Germany.

Jud.

Replica of Mendelssohn's gravestone.

The only remaining real gravestones.

Autumn in the graveyard.

Art.

Graffiti.

I found it hard to smile in Berlin.

Being artsy?

Windows.

Checkpoint Charlie.

Stabbing at my soul.

Topographie des Terrors.

Topographie des Terors.

Berlinermauer.

Yeah couldn't smile in front of the wall.

Ghost of the Berliner Maur.

Jews? (Outside the Jewish museum)

About the only funny thing in the Jewish museum. (On the other side it says "My bubby is voting Obama")

Best part of Berlin. (All following photos are part of the gallery - painted on the longest remaining stretch of the Wall. You can click them to see bigger. I recommend reading the ones with text.)

























Right at the river.

Contemporary art museum.

In the art!

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