A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler The Georg Elser Memorial in Berlin is a little different from normal memorials, this one is …
Travel: Georg Elser Memorial, Berlin
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Maiwand Lion
The Maiwand Lion This majestic sculpture of a lion can be found in Forbury Gardens in Reading. It’s one of the world’s largest cast iron …
Memorial to Henry West
Memorial to Henry West railway worker The London to Bristol Great Western railway arrived into Reading in 1840. The work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is …
Travel: Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten
Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal im Tiergarten) The Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten is one of three Soviet war memorials in Berlin. The …
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin
Soviet War Memorial in Berlin In Berlin’s Treptower Park you will find a Soviet War Memorial designed by the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate …
Bernauer Strasse Berlin Wall Memorial
Bernauer Strasse Berlin Wall Memorial (Berliner Mauer Gedenkstaette) In between the areas of Gesundbrunnen and Mitte is Bernauer Strasse and what remains of the Berlin …
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: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial Located between Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz is a striking and impressive memorial, unlike any we had seen before, to the Jews …
Travel: Stasi Prison, Berlin
One upon a “crime” in East Berlin Visiting the Stasi prison museum is a stark reminder of the horrors humans inflict upon each other. The …
Travel To Do: Gleis 17, Grunewald, Berlin
The dark history of Platform 17 Located in the Grunewald area of Berlin is the railway station Berlin-Grunewald with its castle gate building and forest …