July 2011 – The Needle: Berlin

Living in Berlin

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A German Market on the Maybachufer

On a Tuesday or Friday, I see the veiled women of Neukölln and Kreuzberg making their way to the canal,

Berlin History

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Hitler’s Bloody Palace: Mohrenstraße

Blood red, sometimes purple, the marble’s colour was signed off by Hitler himself. It decked his grandest building, the New Reich

Places in Berlin

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The U55: The Shortest Subway

It has only three stations, it took 14 years to build, it connects a distance that can be easily covered

Joseph Pearson is a writer and historian based in Berlin. His non-fiction portrait of Berlin was published in 2017. He published a second book, My Grandfather’s Knife, about how everyday objects tell World War Two stories, in 2022. His writing has appeared widely in the press, literary and academic journals, and has been translated into German, Italian, French, Arabic, and other languages. Born in Canada, he was educated at Cambridge University, UK, where he received his doctorate in history in 2001. He works at New York University, Berlin, and at the Barenboim-Said Akademie. Since 2008, he has written The Needle, which has become one of Berlin’s most popular blogs. For professional inquiries please contact his agency, Peters Fraser Dunlop, email him directly joseph [AT] cantab.net, or visit his professional website: josephpearson.ca