Berlin Photo Blog |

Bullet and tank ammunition holes in a train underpass:

The bridge where captured spies would be exchanged between East and West Berlin:

Schloss Cecilienhof, the estate that hosted the Potsdam Conference where the fate of Germany after World War II was determined:

The monument outside the former KGB headquarters that still bears the outline of the Russian Red Star:

KGB Headquarters…Putin worked here for many years before returning to Russia:

Friedrich II of Prussia’s Palace, called Sans Souci (“no worries” in French):

Frederick II’s guest house for his family. He did not allow them to stay with him at Sans Souci:

The site of the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics – Jesse Owens dominated the Nazi athletes, disproving the alleged superiority of Hitler’s Aryan people (USA! USA! USA!):

The American embassy:

The “Pope’s revenge” when the Soviets dug up a cemetery adjacent to a catholic church to build their massive radio tower they didn’t know that when the sun shines on the orb it reflects a giant sunshine cross for all to see (the East Germans tried hard to get block it with different materials, but failed):

Berlin Basilica (“Berliner Dom” or the “Protestant’s St. Pauls”) where we learned about Martin Luther, the Catholic sale of indulgences and the Protestant revolution:

Remnants of The Berlin Wall:

Festival of Lights Laser Show on our hotel, the Hotel de Rome:

Our favorite dinner of sausage, sauerkraut, weiner schnitzel and beer at a Bavarian beer-house (we went there many nights):

The President’s House (Schloss Bellevue):

The Reichstag (house of parliament), Angela Merkel’s building and other government buildings:

The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin called the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe:

A historical timeline of the Berlin Wall and the Nazi’s history where the Gestapo headquarters once stood:

Checkpoint Charlie:

The Brandenburg Gate:

Victory Column:

The DDR Museum:

The Trabant car – said to be the worst car, and worst German car ever made, but was all they had and was used to smuggle thousands of people over the border between East and West Berlin: