Berlin Stories
Let’s focus on Berlin. Modern yet old. Beautiful yet depressing. A city of contrast and one of complex political significance to more than 4 different governments in less than a century. Nothing tall and hypermodern about the city skyline, well maybe I’ll count that 300 meter TV tower. But apart from that everything feels just like a normal city. Completely different from older European cities like Prague. After a war, national memorials are usually built commemorating soldiers who participated in battle, like the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan and the British Normandy Memorial in France ; but in Germany, there are none. Not a single one dedicated to commemorating the individuals who had sacrificed themselves for the sake of war, and for the country. When we look back at history, there are times of good and bad, sometimes with a very blurry line between them. There is no definite “good guy” or “villain” role in history, and it is more than essential to interpret it with cl...