Friday 24th August Berlin
Out walking, less than 500 m from apt we found a shop called ReSales on
Postdammerstrasse (www.secondhandandmore.com)
where we spent a pleasant hour or so
On to Sony Centre on Potsdammerplatz. It was pretty amazing to see photos
of this area immediately post WW11 and then when Wall still in place, as it is now
a monument to western capitalist consumerism.
Near the train station here there is a display of about 5 sections of the
Wall interspersed with panels describing how they are going to create permanent
displays.
We then went on to the Memorial to all European Jews, which is an area of
about 2 acres with 2700 concrete Steils (rectangular blocks of different sizes)
covering the undulating site with a whole museum display underneath where we
spent a couple of hours. This includes displays showing all the sites across
Europe, family histories and a room where names of all those who died are being
read out (which will take 7 years). At entrance the quote from Primo Levi “It
happened, therefore it could happen again” Pretty sobering stuff.
Walked back towards our accommodation and had another hearty German Dinner
at restaurant on Potsdamerstrasse. Some nice conversation with young Italian
couple sitting next to us.
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