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NYT Editorial: Wrongheaded Priorities for Berlin's Memorial PlanningThis may be the stupidest bit of Berlin's whole post-Wall city planning: tearing down the 30-year-old golden box that was the GDR's multi-functional Palace of the Republic (in addition to major government offices, it housed swimming pools, a gym, and other recreation centers). It ( Read more... )

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SpiegelOnline (English): The disturbing story of a Turkish "honor killing" in BerlinAccording to her grave inscription, the 23-year-old woman (my age), the mother of a 6-year-old child, had finished her education as an electrician, and had just been accepted into the professional association. She was probably raped by one of her family members, and ( Read more... )

Spiegel Online (English edition) has posted some really intense pictures from WWII Germany, courtesy of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. The really arresting thing is... they're in color.

Pictures from World War II here (Flash required)

Hitler in Color: story about color WW2 pictures herePeople who've lived in Berlin (like myself) may be ( Read more... )