Tuesday, 30 September 2014

The Silent Heroes Memorial Centre and Museum Blindenwekstatt Otto Weidt

These to Museums are pretty amazing and informative to go to and look at they are both located in the same spot on Rosenhalter Strasse where there is a small alley, with amazing art along the walls.

The Museum Blindenwekstadtt Otto Weidt

This is where Otto Weidt had a workshop where he had hired blind workers to work for him, but not only were many of the workers blind they were also blind jewish workers, they made brushes at this workshop. Otto had also helped to try and protect many Jews from deportation, and there are many stories within the small area talking about them, also he even helped out Jews who had been deportated. As well as another major thing that Otto did is that he created hiding places for them as well as one in the workshop itself.

















The Silent Heroes Memorial Centre

This museum is to commentate individuals who had help prosecuted Jews during the Nazi regime, it shows many stories of people or families of the jewish and how things went for them at the that time when they were going through the deportation and prosecution and also stories of helpers, and there is a list of names of the many helpers that lent a hand.

Sunday, 14 September 2014

Unter den Linden

Unter den Linden (Beneath the Limetrees). is a big long street that runs down the middle of Berlin it starts at the Brandenburger Tor and runs down to where the Berliner Dom and also where the Berlin Palace had once stood, which is actually currently in the stage of being rebuilt.

along the street there are a lot of souvenirs  shops but you can also tell what buildings look more modern than others, the Russian embassy is also along there as well, the university Humbolt is there also which is over 200 years old, also along it sits many different restaurants and also has the National Library, the Neue Wache, The Deutches Histroices Museum also the national opera,
Bebel Platz where there was a book burning ceremony during the time of Nazi Germany, there is also the St Hedwig Cathedral, which is located just off the Bebel Platz, and there are many other old historical places along the path which is great.