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Berlin is an edgy city, from its fashion to its architecture to its charged political history. The Berlin Wall is a sobering reminder of the hyper-charged postwar atmosphere, and yet the graffiti art that now covers its remnants has become symbolic of social progress. Check out the Weltzeituhr (world time) Clock, topped by a model of the solar system, then turn back time by dining at the historic Zur Letzten Instanz, a 16th century restaurant that was frequented by Napoleon and Beethoven.
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1. Mahnmal Levetzowstrasse
2. Block der Frauen
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Take a five minute walk detour from Alexanderplatz, to see Block der Frauen/Block of Women, located in a very small park, in Rosenstraße, which was the site of the Old Synagogue, destroyed in World War II. The memorial represents the brave women, who successfully protested against the Nazis, for the release of their Jewish men folk, who were going to be deported. This protest was the only known public German protest against the deportation of Jews. There are two large red posts at each end of Rosenstraße, with historical information attached to them, it is in German, which neither of us speak, however, it was possible to gauge roughly, what the information is conveying. There is a large board with information at the site, which is in English. The sculptures do a wonderful job of expressing the anguish felt. The following is taken from an information board from the site - “On 27 February 1943, the National Socialists rounded up the last remaining Jews in Berlin at their places of work and deported the majority of them to Auschwitz the following week. Those arrested included 1,500 to 2,500 Jews deemed of “mixed race” (with one non-Jewish parent) by National Socialist race laws or who had entered into “mixed marriages” with an “Aryan” partner. This group was brought to Rosenstraße 2-4 and held there. The first detainees were released on 6 March, others followed. The wives and mothers were taking a big risk with their protest. Since 1941, those who engaged in “public shows of friendship towards Jews faced three months of protective custody”.” The sculptures erected in 1995, are by Ingeborg Hunzinger (1915-2009).
