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Olympic Stadium - Built for the 1936 Berlin
games where Jesse Owens dominated.
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Victory Column - Originally put up by the
Prussians but moved to present location by the Nazi's.
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Goddess of Victory (Berliners call it "Chick
on a Stick")
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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
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It was built in 1890 but heavily bombed
during WWII. The Germans decided not to restore it as a reminder
of the horrors of war.
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An addition to the church was built in 1950.
The blue stained glass was a gift from France.
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The light shines from the inside during
the day and glows at night when viewed from the outside.
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What the church looked like before the bombings.
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One of 3 major universities in Berlin. All
are free to everyone, including foreigners.
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Reichstag, or parliament building.
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Brandenburg Gate was built in 1791. It was
the symbol of Prussian Berlin and later the symbol of a divided
Berlin. Passing through the gate you are in former E. Berlin.
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US Embassy next to the Brandenburg Gate in former E. Berlin
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Hotel Adlon
Next to the US Embassy, it was here that Michael Jackson
dangled his baby over the railing on the second floor balcony.
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TV Tower
Built in 1969 by the communists to show the power of the
atheistic state. But when the sun hit the tower, a huge
cross was reflected on the mirrored ball!
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The Holocaust Memorial, named "The
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe."
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It was completed in 2005 and consists of
2711 gravestone-like pillars made of hollow concrete. They
are all about the same size but of differing heights.
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Memorial from the air.
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We crossed the bridge over the Spree River
to reach Museum Island
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The island is filled with some of Berlin's
most impressive museums, most under renovation.
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