Picture Quiz #4: Rooftop
Picture quiz time and let’s make it a really tricky one: which Berlin building is topped with this gorgeous roof?
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Introducing: Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum
Historian and social worker Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum was executed in 1944, and his Archives of the Warsaw Ghetto documented a wealth of Polish-Jewish history as… Read More »Introducing: Dr. Emanuel Ringelblum
Spring in Potsdam?
Already thinking of spring and the beauty of Potsdam! Are you coming to Berlin this spring?
Book Recommendation: One Clear Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Although it’s no longer January, and (as you know) certainly no longer freezing, I heartily recommend ‘One Clear Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of… Read More »Book Recommendation: One Clear Ice-Cold January Morning at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Queer Tour
This fun group of queer history fans braved the cold on a January afternoon on my first open tour of 2019. Follow me on Instagram… Read More »Queer Tour
Introducing: Irene Sendler
Irene Sendler, Polish social worker and one of the ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ named at Yad Vashem. Sendler was a member of the Warsaw Underground… Read More »Introducing: Irene Sendler
Picture Quiz #4: National Guard
The one Berlin building seen best in wet weather due to its open skylight through which the rain can fall and make patterns on the… Read More »Picture Quiz #4: National Guard
Movie Recommendation: The Cakemaker
I heartily recommend the 2017 Berlin-Jerusalem co-production ‘The Cakemaker’ (Ophir Raul Grazier). Without wanting to give away too much, it’s a sensuous powerful love story… Read More »Movie Recommendation: The Cakemaker
Picture Quiz #3: Christmas Edition
Who knows what the new chocolate sculpture at the amazing Rausch store (formerly Fassbender & Rausch store: you’ve definitely been there with me if you’ve… Read More »Picture Quiz #3: Christmas Edition
Introducing: Karlrobert Kreiten
This month, let’s meet Karlrobert Kreiten, a German-born pianist who held Dutch citizenship. Considered one of the most promising young musicians in Europe in the… Read More »Introducing: Karlrobert Kreiten