American Baseball Diamonds
There are few places left in Berlin where the experience of American occupation after the Second World War is still
Read MoreThere are few places left in Berlin where the experience of American occupation after the Second World War is still
Read MoreIt was a place to walk through, and stare. Built in the early fifties, Karl-Marx Allee, leading into Alexanderplatz, with
Read MoreThis stretch of Urbanstraße is clogged with four lanes of traffic and is not far from the discordant
Read MorePass by in the evening, and look into the picture windows illuminated by candles. Perhaps you will see a penumbra,
Read MoreGermany’s bold confrontation with its past, its sometimes self-flagellating intent to imprint guilt and scars onto its official history, marks
Read MoreDear Berlin-Mitte, We need to discuss our relationship. We’ve got problems. I suppose it’s inevitable after our years together. I’m
Read MoreI was used to the Museum Island as building site. The edifices were interiors, not exteriors. You negotiated your way
Read MoreThese photographs taken last autumn I found unbearable to contemplate only a few weeks ago. But now, with warmer days,
Read MoreIt is 1933 and Hitler has come to power. You are Jewish and live in Berlin. Do you have the
Read MoreMost of my German friends are pacifists. They do not like seeing Germans involved in foreign wars. The
Read MoreIn front of Friedrichstraße station, along the Spree River, the Tränenpalast or ‘Palace of Tears’ has reappeared out of the
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