The Reichstag, Seat of German Parliament. It was located directly next to the Berlin Wall.
Permanent Reminder of the Berlin Wall. This narrow strip of bricks bisects the city irrespective of erected buildings, recreation parks, major intersections, or foot paths. It is unsettling to watch cars zoom over this deathly landmark without a second glimpse, yet enlightening to see that people can adapt, times can change, and a city can move forward, but always with its history just at its feet.
Fredericks Straße, Statte Mitte (City Center)
Gendarmenmarkt, Französischer Dom (French Cathedral). Its counterpart, the Deutsches Dom, is located opposite the grand plaza.
Bundesplatz at Sunset. My cousin lives just off this station.
Staats Bibliothek am Unter den Linden (Berlin City Library)
Deutsches Dom on the Spree River (German Cathedral)
Drinnen Der Holocaust-Turm von des Jüdischen Museums Berlin/ Inside the Holocaust Tower of the Jewish Museum. An artist's interpretation of being trapped in the Holocaust; erected as a remembrance to the Holocaust survivors. This picture was taken from a far corner or the irregularly-shaped tower and looking up 50 feet toward the only source of light. It's dark, cold, and barren.
Leerstelle des Gedenkens "Gefallenes Laub"/ Memory Void "Fallen Leaves" exhibit. An artist's interpretation of the victims of the Holocaust. You actually walk on top of the metal faces which form an unsteady foundation across the grey concrete. As you walk, the faces hit one another making a desolate clinking sound and eerily echoing up through the narrow chamber.
East Berlin
Schloß Sanssouci (1745-47), former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, at Potsdam.
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