Belin trip! Took a 6hrs plus train to Berlin...
Day1: Join a free city tour organised by Sandeman tour. The Australian Tour guide is the best I ever seen! He is sooo interesting, they way he speaks, his actions and his knowledge of the city in Berlin is fantastic. He makes history come ALIVE!
Let me start the history lesson of berlin! (Flipping thru my photos to refresh my memory)
The above pix is the Brandenburger Tor. It is a landmark in Berlin. The lady (if u can see) sitting on a carriage is Victoria. She is a representative of victory. In the past, Germany known as Prussia, and at that time Prussia is a powerful country that conquered many places. It defeated France and this wall is erected to celebrate the victory. Coincidentally, when the statue and wall are rebuilt after being destroyed in WWII, Victoria is facing towards the French embassy ~ indication that Germany is always a victor against the French!
(I forget alot of what the tour guide said!!...)
This is the Reistag ~ parliament. It is a very beautiful building...It was once burned down by Hitler and his Nazi party when Hitler gain power prior to WWII..(if any of u have history textbook, u will realise u have learn about the Reistag Fire...)
This is the holocaust memorial. It is a very controversial memorial. One of the issues is that the memorial is built in a place with no significance to the place of the holocaust. It is weird for people who want to remember their love ones in a totally unrelated place.On the other hand, the purpose of building it in the city centre is to make it conspicious for the tourists so that they can learn and understand and at the same time trying not to rake up the painful past of the holocaust to the victims of WWII.
There is no meaning as to what the blocks represent. All the information given is that it is same width and thickness with varying height. What one interpret is simply the meaning of it... so theories include the blocks represent the rise of the nazi (from small to big then back to small again), some says it is the bar charts of the Jews population...etc
Okie..I am tired will continue again tmr..stay tuned for more interesting history facts!
The above pix is the Brandenburger Tor. It is a landmark in Berlin. The lady (if u can see) sitting on a carriage is Victoria. She is a representative of victory. In the past, Germany known as Prussia, and at that time Prussia is a powerful country that conquered many places. It defeated France and this wall is erected to celebrate the victory. Coincidentally, when the statue and wall are rebuilt after being destroyed in WWII, Victoria is facing towards the French embassy ~ indication that Germany is always a victor against the French!(I forget alot of what the tour guide said!!...)
This is the Reistag ~ parliament. It is a very beautiful building...It was once burned down by Hitler and his Nazi party when Hitler gain power prior to WWII..(if any of u have history textbook, u will realise u have learn about the Reistag Fire...)
This is the holocaust memorial. It is a very controversial memorial. One of the issues is that the memorial is built in a place with no significance to the place of the holocaust. It is weird for people who want to remember their love ones in a totally unrelated place.On the other hand, the purpose of building it in the city centre is to make it conspicious for the tourists so that they can learn and understand and at the same time trying not to rake up the painful past of the holocaust to the victims of WWII.
There is no meaning as to what the blocks represent. All the information given is that it is same width and thickness with varying height. What one interpret is simply the meaning of it... so theories include the blocks represent the rise of the nazi (from small to big then back to small again), some says it is the bar charts of the Jews population...etcOkie..I am tired will continue again tmr..stay tuned for more interesting history facts!
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