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When I heard that a new memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism was being unveiled on 24 October 2012, near the Reichstag in Berlin, I thought it would be good to see the ceremony. I didn’t realise that it would be an invitation only event with the whole area fenced off, […]
Did you know that Hugo Boss designed the uniforms for the SS and the Hitler Youth? That was just one of the facts that I learned by watching Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler, which charts Hitler’s life from his birth on 20 April 1889 to his suicide on 30 April 1945. Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler, […]
I only saw the one Stolperstein in Berlin in the past week but I have added a picture of it to the photo gallery here. This Stolperstein was laid in memory of Tatjana Barbakoff (Knesebeckstrasse 100). The memorial is outside the Renaissance Theater Berlin, where Tatjana performed as a dancer. You can find out more about […]
I stumbled across Berlin Sessions, a website with a series of acoustic performances filmed around Berlin, when I was looking for Berlin-related content on YouTube. There are sessions with Me & My Drummer, who featured in my A Year In The Life Of Berlin post and Dry The River, whose No Rest was my favourite track in the […]
I saw a number of Street Art pieces by MIMI The ClowN in Berlin recently on Oranienstrasse during a wander around Kreuzberg. I love the humour in the stencils with a predominantly black, white and red colour scheme. Unlike the rest of the pieces shown here, this last stencil was seen at the start of the […]
***Update 8 March 2013 – CLOSED: I went to buy a Gemuse Kebap from Mustafa’s Gemuse Kebap near Hackescher Markt on Tuesday only to find that the Imbiss is gone – CLOSED*** I went to the original stall on Mehringdamm during my Berlin Museum Marathon and have been back since in order to take photos and […]
In yesterday’s post I reflected on my personal experiences in Berlin in the last year but today I would also like to draw your attention to some of my other favourites moments – my Berlin highlights from other people’s perspectives. A number of Berlin blog posts have helped me discover Berlin or ‘just’ entertained me […]
