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Built in 1962, the departure hall for the border checkpoint at Friedrichstrasse train station soon became known as the Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears), as it was frequently the sight of tearful farewells. Here, those bound for West Berlin were subjected to passport checks, baggage searches and probing questions. After the fall of the wall the […]
I saw just one Stolperstein again this week and I have added this photo to the gallery here as usual. This brass cobble was dedicated to Gertrud Teppich (Luisenstrasse 54/55). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background about these memorials to the victims of National Socialism created by artist Gunter Demnig.
The Berlin Wall Memorial extends from the Nordnahnhof S-Bahn station along Bernauer Strasse to the corner of Schwedter Strasse. After reunification the people of Berlin clamoured to remove the Berlin Wall and open up the city but in time they began to understand that it was necessary to preserve some of it as a memorial […]
Walking between Hackescher Markt and Alexanderplatz this afternoon I came across some new paste-ups by Berlin-based street artist, El Bocho. El Bocho has been putting up work on the streets of Berlin since 1997 and anyone who has wandered around central Berlin is sure to have seen some of his art. His most recognisable character […]
This week’s Stolpersteine spotted in Berlin are now in the photo gallery here. These latest Stolpersteine were dedicated to: Hugo G Cohn and Margarete Cohn (outside Karstadt Sports – Joachimstaler Strasse 6-5); Hedwig Mieser (Münzstrasse 22); Paul Aronsbach, Selma Aronsbach, Erika Aronsbach and Manfred Aronsbach (outside Hotel Hackescher Markt – Grosse Präsidentstrasse 8). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more […]
The crowd at the fleamarket at the Mauerpark yesterday was a real mix of the optimistic and the pessimistic. Some were wearing hotpants, vests, flip flops and sunglasses. Others were in overcoats, scarves and woolly hats. For those of you that haven’t been there yet, and if you’re in Berlin on a Sunday I urge […]
I have added the photos of the Stolpersteine in Berlin I saw in the last week to the photo gallery here. These Stolpersteine were in memory of: Jeanette Grünberg and Ruth Grünberg (Fehrbelliner Strasse 22); Leo Braun and Selma Braun (Schröderstrasse 2); Dr Martin Happ and Sophie Happ (Chausseestrasse 6). My first post about Stolpersteine gives more background about these […]
