Special - The old Berlin
Hello people,
today i'm going to show you some pictures from Berlin, the german capital, how it looked before it was destroyed during the war. This Berlin is the Berlin of the Weimar Republic from 1918 to 1933. I don't want to show you the Nazi Berlin because of ethical reasons.

The Reichstag was finished in 1894 and had been the german legislative building from then to 1933. Short after Hitler assumed the power it was burned down. The act was assigned to the dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe. But until today it is not clear if it was him or a act of the Nazis, which used the event to enforce the Reichstagsbrandverordnung, a law which abrogated the civil rights. After the war it was rebuild and since 1999 it's the legislative building of the united Germany.
The Siegessäule was original build in front of the Reichstag. The Nazis transported it to it's today's place while Rebuilding Berlin to their new capital.

The Brandenburger Tor was constructed as a gate through the city walls. The walls moved, the gate stayed. It got again enclosed by a wall after the war. The Berlin wall passed the Brandenburger Tor in direct neighbourhood.

Hope you enjoyed ![]()
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