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Where the Generals Lay

Die Ruhestätte der Feldherren

Where the Generals Lay

The Berlin Wall ran ruthlessly through everything – homes, city squares and even burial grounds. One of these ...

Berlin Block

Berlin Block

Tilted awkwardly “as if Chaplin was turning on his shoe”, this 77-ton Richard Serra ‘Berlin Block’ is both ...

For Rosa and Karl

Für Rosa und Karl

For Rosa and Karl

Her murder was couched in terms of “Hohenzollern Germany celebrat(ing) its last triumph and Nazi Germany ...

Remembering the ‘Rubble Women’

Die Anerkennung der 'Trümmerfrauen'

Remembering the ‘Rubble Women’

Immediately after WWII, women shouldered the bulk of clearing the tons of rubble in bombed cities. These ...

The Profile of Georg Elser

Das Profil von Georg Elser

How do you make a new monument matter on a busy street? The monument was to Georg Elser, a carpenter who ...

Berlin Junction

Berlin Junction

Berlin Junction

Two enormous rusty metal sheets on the pavement formed a narrow passageway. We walked around it but could not ...

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