(Bottom picture) While on the tour of Berlin, our guide talked about Germany's guilt. Instead of trying to sweep their past under the carpet, they have taken responsibility for it. The company that produced the chemicals for the gas chambers is the same company that recently and freely supplied the anti-graffiti finish for the Jewish Memorial stones in the center of Berlin. And there are a lot of stones there. Did you know Hugo Boss did the Nazi uniforms? Neither did I. But our tour of Berlin was splendid. We did a walking tour and learned so much.
(Middle picture) "Where they burn books, they will also in the end burn human beings" - Heine. Here I am lying on a glass covering a room full of empty bookshelves. This memorial stands to remember when the Nazis began burning 25,000 books which didn't fit in with their plans. Symbolically, some of Einsteins work and one of Hitler's favorite authors were among them.
(Top picture) The Berliner Damme. Just a large impressive builiding on the Spree River.
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