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81157 | Old restored building. The horsehead on the wall denoted a 'carter', who you could hire out to haul things for you. |
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57618 | Restored courtyard |
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52489 | The building in the middle is typical old Communist East Berlin. The buildings away from the public eye were run-down. |
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70404 | Jewish hospital. |
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44397 | Old and new - restoration work in progress. |
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59616 | A very ornate old postal facility. It was built with gold extorted from the French way back. |
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62678 | A very ornate old postal facility. It was built with gold extorted from the French way back. |
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43986 | New Synagogue |
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58521 | New Synagogue |
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64948 | Another unrestored East Berlin building. |
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59814 | New Synagogue - restored, but not to it's former glory. It was burned and mostly destroyed by the Nazis. |
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58866 | The Leo Baeck House houses many Jewish organizations now. Note the policeman. All Jewish facilities have a full time police guard. |
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41003 | Tour boat on the Spree River |
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42154 | Note the tower. These were more common in the suburbs and were built to try and take advantage of any breezes in the hot summers of Berlin. |
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73051 | This is our tour guide Terry giving us a history lesson illustrated by a map of Germany drawn in the sand. |
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54179 | Our guide Terry showing us a section of the Berlin wall. |
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54576 | A section of the Berlin wall at a train station called 'The Palace of Tears'. It was called this because it was a gateway between the east and west sides of Berlin. A tremendous amount of heartbreak was felt in this place - when family members visiting the east side returned to the west and had to leave their loved ones behind. |
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43073 | Subway station sign. |
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49267 | View of Unter den Linden Strasse |
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76774 | In the middle of Unter den Linden looking towards the Brandenburg gate. |
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99952 | In the middle of Unter den Linden looking away from the Brandenburg gate. |
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41546 | Brandenburg Gate |
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32279 | Brandenburg Gate |
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36178 | Tom Rooney at the Brandenburg Gate |
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45979 | Doug at the Brandenburg Gate |
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29104 | The gate by itself. |
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43966 | The newly rebuilt Adlon Hotel - the best in Berlin. |
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32701 | Just under the Brandenburg Gate |
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41063 | View of the Reichstag - the seat of the German government |
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40198 | Reichstag |
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62307 | Newly restored building with fence around it to keep the graffiti artists away. |
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46652 | One of the few large building that survived the bombing during WWII |
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58156 | Soviet embassy (I think). |
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51065 | The top of Hitler's bunker - soon to be buried under new construction. |
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62845 | A large section of the Berlin Wall. Note how much of it has been chipped away by people wanting a piece. |
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45384 | The Wall. |
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73558 | The guy I bought a piece of the wall from - holding a picture of himself chipping pieces off. |
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40875 | construction everywhere |
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47630 | The Wall |