Taking a look at history: Holocaust, Berlin Wall, GDR
(Holocaust Memorial in Berlin) We couldn't leave Germany without taking a look at some of its painful history. One morning after we finished eating breakfast at our hotel, we walked about a mile to the Holocaust Memorial on Cora-Berliner-Strasse. It's located just south of the Brandenburg Gate with more than 2,700 concrete blocks erected from the ground covering about 19,000 square feet. These blocks are in a grid-like pattern where you can walk through it free of charge. The site looks like a cemetery, and it gave me an uneasy feeling. I read that the memorial's designer didn't intend...
