In Berlin

June 29, 2009 · Posted in Germany, sightseeing 

Berlin Wall Exhibit Berlin Wall Exhibit 2

Go to Alexanderplatz if you are in Berlin this summer. There is a free, multi-media outdoor exhibition about the Fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago.

Berlin Wall Exhibit 3 Berlin Wall Exhibit 4

The exhibit does a good job of capturing the political and cultural impact of the Wall’s formation and demise. (On-going until November 9th, the anniversary of the Fall of the Wall.)

Berlin Jackson MemorialAlongside the exhibition, interestingly, arose a makeshift memorial to Michael Jackson, on the weekend of his death.

I met a middle-aged German couple who reminisinced about their youth in East Berlin, and remembered the allure of Jackson and his music in the 1980s. Jackson, they said, embodied what was sorely lacking in their East Berlin lives: the unbounded world of possibilities.

Their favorite Jackson song? Man in the Mirror.

Benjamin Thomas

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  1. Berlin Travel on July 22nd, 2009 8:16 am

    Thanks for sharing this post. Berlin is most visited place in germany. Zagreus Projekt is a beautiful art gallery in berlin. Enjoy dancing at chic profligate night club. The Berlinomat store has many things like clothing, accessories, home furnishings, ornaments all under one roof.Enjoy dinner at the Bar jeder Vernunft. For more details refer http://www.journeyidea.com/berlin-city-travel-the-green-fairy-haven/

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