Berlin trip

It must be my most exciting trip so far. We left for Berlin on 26 morning. And we were so happy to have Chris to be our driver and guide. Everything was fine in Berlin, where was a very special place.

After WW1,Germany was required to pay a heavy fee to the victorios power. The fee, in my view, was not fair as the amount was so huge that it could never be repaid. This, as a means to weakened Germany forever, finally led to the rise of Nazism in German. In 1920s, German experianced a republic period, which we called the Weima Republic. The republic, however, is so weak when facing the economic crisis during the period. Hyperinflation resulted. Later, the Great Depression made US stop paying financail assistances to Germany. It was under such circumstances extreme ideas, such as Nazism, was developed.

In 1933, Hitler was elected the chancellor of Germany.Hitler then later eliminated its components by blaming the communists for burning down the parliament.

In 1938, Hilter acquired the German-speaking area in Czech becasue of the appeasement policy of Britian.

1939, WW2 started when Hitler invaded Poland.

When WW2 finished, the Soviet Union and the allies reached an agreement to divide Germany in two parts. The western part controlled by the allies while the eastern by Soviet Union. Together witht the eastern European countries, East Germany and Berlin became communist countries. Iron Curtain emerged.


Berlin wall in West Berlin: Berlin wall was built as a result of the large amount of people fleeding from East Berlin to West Berlin. It was a wall encircling the West Berlin to prevent people entering West Berlin illegally. The wall was not very high. But at the top of the wall, there were circular pipe to make it slipery for people to catch on.


East-side Gallery: The longest continuous Berlin Wall in East Germany. Artists painted on the wall to show their hope and feelings towards the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989.

Brandenberg Gate: There were many gates like this in the past. Due to warfare, it is the only one exist now. It used to be the entrance of West Berlin. (We were standing in East Berlin in the photo.)
Jewish Memorial site: Hitler considered Jews as a inferior race and carried out a large scale genocide in the territories. Jews were restricted to wear badge on thier clothes to show their identity. They were not allowed in professional jobs. Later on, they were sent to concentration camps called ghetto. Over millons of Jews were killed in posion gas chamber and concentration camps.

Very cheap to eat this traditional meal here. 12 euros