Memorial to the first person shot and killed at the Berlin Wall Gunter Litfin was the first person to be shot and killed at the …
Günter Litfin Memorial Berlin
Cold War
Travel: Teufelsberg, Berlin
Teufelsberg – Abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin’s “Devil’s Mountain Deep within the Grunewald forest in West Berlin is an abandoned NSA field station which sits on …
Travel: Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Achtung Charlie Checkpoint Charlie is surely the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin. But is it worth visiting? History The name comes from …
Travel: The Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears)
Tearful partings at former East-West Berlin crossing point The Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin and …
Travel To Do: Stasi Museum, Berlin
The Stasi Museum in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin is worth a visit (indeed is the whole of Friedrichshain!) This building housed The Ministry for …