Archive for April, 2005

The Wall ?

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

A further place of the controversy: The inofficial memorial for the victims of the Berlin Wall. More than 1000 crosses cover the space between a (barely) reconstructed piece of the former dead stripe at Checkpoint Charlie. Probably the whole thing must be removed shortly. Inofficial MemorialClick image to view the Fullscreen QTVR movie.Size: 2926kb (Quicktime [...]

Battle of Berlin

Thursday, April 21st, 2005

60 years ago, at the 21 april of 1945, the red army entered Berlin. The battle lasted until 2 May, leaving more than 200.000 people dead. Fighting in the city was heavy, with house-to-house combat. This panorama shows trails at the museums island. Bullet holesClick image to view the Fullscreen QTVR movie.Size: 1820kb (Quicktime required)

Zweifel

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

The “Palace of the Republic” in the center of the city, built by the government of the former GDR. Until 1953 , the ruin of the 1945 damaged town castle stood at this place. You can see parts of the excavated fundaments. The german parliament decided to rebuild the castle, but there´s a lot of [...]