Monday, December 5, 2011

Randomly walking on the street next to the grand library in Berlin, B

there is a hole that looks down into a room of empty book shelves. Sending chills down my spine, I gazed into Berlin's representation of the knowledge and spirit that was lost when the"cleansing Nazi Book Burning" took place in 1933 as Nazis burned any book that did not contain Nazi ideology.
(Below) The Statue of Liberty Bear at the US Embassy (Represent!).
The Parliament Building - where people can get an appointment and go up into a large dome and look down into the actual Parliamentary meetings taking place.
And the bone chilling monument just outside the Parliament Building where stones are lined up one after the other, representing officers that died in the war - not all of the officers of course, just a few important ones.
And last but not least, Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz (the most well known monument in Berlin) where Royal entrances into Berlin took place in the 1700's. It was a sign of Peace built by King William II of Prussia, suffered many damages during WWII, but still stands!




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