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BEGLEITBUCH Entdecken Sie die Sehenswürdigkeiten Berlins mit Fotografien und Links zu Hintergrundinformationen der Orte, Persönlichkeiten und Ereignisse. WELCOME TO BERLIN WILLKOMMEN IN BERLIN GETEILTES DEUTSCHLAND GERMANY DIVIDED KAISER WILHELM MEMORIAL CHURCH
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/kaiser-wilhelm- memorial-church SIEGESSÄULE VICTORY COLUMN
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and- sights/3560160-3104052-victory-column.en.html - BERLINER MAUER BERLIN WALL
PHOTO CREDIT: LEFT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RIGHT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall RESOURCES: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall ALEXANDERPLATZ, WELTZEITUHR & FERNSENTURM ALEXANDERPLATZ, WORLD CLOCK & TV TOWER
PHOTO CREDIT: BIBI LEBLANC RESOURCES: • https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/articles/the-history-of- the-world-clock-in-1-minute • https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and-sights/3560707-3104052- berlin-tv-tower.en.html • https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and-sights/3560109-3104052- alexanderplatz.en.html AUSSICHTSPLATTFORM VIEWING PLATFORM
PHOTO CREDIT: THE U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES, ROBERT KNUDSON JOHN F. KENNEDY IN WEST BERLIN
PHOTO CREDIT: LEFT: https://time.com/3881387/jfk-in-germany-1963-photos-from-kennedys-ich- bin-ein-berliner-tour RIGHT: https://twitter.com/germanyinusa/status/1011595226740338688 RESOURCES: • https://www.history.com/news/jfk-tells-west-berliners-that-he-is-one-of- them-50-years-ago - • https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-cold-war-in- berlin - STAATSOPER BERLIN BERLIN STATE OPERA UNTER DEN LINDEN
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/staatsoper- unter-den-linden CHECKPOINT CHARLIE & WALL MUSEUM HAUS AM CHECKPOINT CHARLIE
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: • https://www.visitberlin.de/en/checkpoint-charlie • https://youtu.be/xMY8g9-o45g HOTEL ADLON KEMPINSKI PARISER PLATZ
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.berlin.de/mauer/en/sites/other- key-sites/pariser-platz-and-brandenburg-gate FUNKTURM BERLIN
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCS: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/funkturm ELEFANTENTOR ELEPHANT GATE AM ZOOLOGISCHEN GARTEN
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: • https://www.visitberlin.de/en/zoo-berlin • https://www.visitberlin.de/en/tierpark-berlin MAUERSPECHTE WALL PECKERS
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.thedailybeast.com/what- happened-to-the-berlin-wall https://www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de/en/wall- peckers-706.html MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Photo Credit: Left: Wikimedia Right: Russian Intern news agency RESOURCES:https://www.biography.com/political -figure/mikhail-sergeyevich-gorbachev BERLIN DIVIDED GETEILTES BERLIN BERLIN BLOCKADE “ROSINENBOMBER” AIRLIFT CANDY BOMBERS
British Hastings TG 503 at Allied Museum
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart- news/sweet-story-berlin-candy-bomber-180965156/ • http://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/en/home.html A special THANK YOU to Gail Halvorsen (AKA Uncle Wiggly Wings”)
and all the people involved in making the Berlin Airlift a reality!
PHOTO CREDIT: RIGHT: https://coffeeordie.com/berlin-candy-bomber LEFT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C- 54_Skymaster HEILANDSKIRCHE SACROW CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/heilandskirche-sacrow TEUFELSBERG BERLIN FIELD STATION
PHOTO CREDITBibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/teufelsberg REICHSTAG
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES:https://theculturetrip.com/europe/germany/artic les/berlins-most-famous-building-the-reichstag GLIENICKER BRÜCKE - AGENTENBRÜCKE GLIENICKE BRIDGE- BRIDGE OF SPIES
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: http://coldwarsites.net/country/germany/the- glienicke-bridge-or-bridge-of-spies-berlin • https://youtu.be/kyMfrOX1NOM WILLY BRANDT
PHOTO CREDIT: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code RESOURCES: • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/brandt_willy.shtml • https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1971/brandt/facts HAUS DER KULTUREN DER WELT- HOUSE OF THE CULTURES OF THE WORLD
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and- sights/3560514-3104052-house-of-the-cultures-of-the- world.en.html KADEWE- KAUFHAUS DES WESTENS DEPARTMENT STORE OF THE WEST
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and- sights/3560281-3104052-kadewe.en.html OBERBAUMBRÜCKE OBERBAUM BRIDGE NEAR EAST SIDE GALLERY
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and- sights/3559975-3104052-oberbaum-bridge.en.html BERLINER DOM BERLIN CATHEDRAL
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/berlin- cathedral TRABANT- “TRABI”
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.dw.com/en/the-trabant- the-iconic-east-german-car-turns-60/a-41251024 PHILHARMONIE BERLIN
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.berliner- philharmoniker.de/en/concerts/lunch-concerts/ SCHLOSS CHARLOTTENBURG CHARLOTTENBURG PALACE
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/charlottenburg- palace-old-palace TRÄNENPALAST PALACE OF TEARS
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.museumsportal- berlin.de/en/museums/tranenpalast RED CITY HALL & NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN ROTES RATHAUS & NEPTUNBRUNNEN
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.aviewoncities.com/berlin/rotesrathaus.htm RONALD REAGAN- ADDRESS AT THE BRANDENBURG GATE JUNE 12, 1987 ANSPRACHE AM BRANDENBURGER TOR
PHOTO CREDIT: This file is a work of an employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United States taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government it is in the public domain. RESOURCES: • https://www.visitberlin.de/en/brandenburg-gate • https://youtu.be/5MDFX-dNtsM • https://americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganbrandenburggate. htm GENDARMENMARKT
PHOTO CREDIT: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/gendarmenmarkt BUNDESKANZLERAMT GERMAN CHANCELLERY
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/german-chancellery BERLINER CURRYWURST KONNOPE’S IMBISS
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.konnopke-imbiss.de/en SONY CENTER - POTSDAMER PLATZ
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.sonycenter.de/en/architecture https://youtu.be/KGLsAIatAhE MUSEUMSINSEL MUSEUM ISLAND
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: https://www.visitberlin.de/en/museum-island-in-berlin MAUERFALL FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: • https://youtu.be/RIUd5Cc3S6I • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-berlin- wall-and-how-did-it-fall • https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall BRANDENBURG GATE BRANDENBURGER TOR
PHOTO CREDITS: Bibi LeBlanc Photography RESOURCES: • https://www.berlin.de/en/attractions-and- sights/3560266-3104052-brandenburg-gate.en.html • https://www.history.com/news/brandenburg-gate-a- brief-history BERLIN DIVIDED- BERLIN UNITED SKYLINE A BLANK CANVAS
What did you like best and enjoy most? What inspired you during your travel through Berlin? Here’s your chance to get creative. I would love to see your art! You can send it to me at [email protected]
Was hat Ihnen am Besten auf Ihrer Reise durch Berlin gefallen? Was hat sie fasziniert oder inspiriert? Hier können sie kreativ sein und ihr eigenes Kunstwerk entwerfen. Sie können es mir gerne schicken: [email protected] BUDDY BÄR Culture to Color is a fun & educational coloring book series exploring favorite attractions, history, events, and off-the beaten path treasures to be discovered.
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THESE WESITES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIGHTS IN THIS BOOK. Berlin.de History.com Visitberlin.de Hotel Adlon Kempinski - kempinski.com/en/berlin/hotel-adlon washingtonpost.com KaDeWe - kadewe.de/en Wikipedia.org Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche - gedaechtniskirche-berlin.de Berliner Dom - berlinerdom.de/en Konnopke’s Imbiss - konnopke-imbiss.de/en Buddy Bär - buddy-baer.com Luftbrücke – Airlift - alliiertenmuseum.de/themen/berliner-luftbruecke Bundeskanzleramt - bundesregierung.de/breg-en/ Museumsinsel: Checkpoint Charlie – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie – • Altes Museum (Old Museum) – smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum https://www.mauermuseum.de/en • Alte Nationalgallerie (Old National Gallery) – smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/alte-nationalgalerie Culture to Color – culturetocolor.com • Bode Museum – smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum East Side Gallery - eastsidegalleryberlin.de/en/ • James Simon Gallery – smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/james-simon-galerie Fernsehturm - tv-turm.de/en • Neues Museum (New Museum) – smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum Flughafen Tempelhof - thf-berlin.de/en/ • Pergamon Museum – smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/pergamonmuseum Funkturm Berlin - funkturm-messeberlin.de Reichstag - bundestag.de/en/ GDR Watchtower - berlinwallexpo.de/en/ Philharmonie - berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/ Gendarmenmarkt - gendarmenmarkt.de/home-english.htm Potsdamer Platz - potsdamerplatz.de/en Haus der Kulturen - hkw.de/en Schloss Charlottenburg - spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/schloss-charlottenburg-altes-schloss/ Heilandskirche - heilandskirche-sacrow.de Sony Center - sonycenter.de/en SOURCES & RESOURCES QUELLEN & RESSOURCEN
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THESE WESITES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIGHTS IN THIS BOOK.
ELEVATE DAYTONA BEACH Bibi LeBlanc - I Am a Berliner Staatsoper - staatsoper-berlin.de/en
Teufelsberg - teufelsberg-berlin.de
Tierpark Berlin - tierpark-berlin.de/en
Timeline -oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191737909.timeline.0001
Tränenpalast - https://www.hdg.de/en/traenenpalast/
Wall Museum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie - mauermuseum.de/en
Weltzeituhr - weltzeituhr-berlin.de
Willy Brandt Stiftung - willy-brandt.de/en/the-foundation/
Zoologischer Garten - zoo-berlin.de/en Would you like to learn more about this time in history?
If you’d like to dive a little deeper and learn more, here is a list of some good movies, TV series and books that do an excellent job describing life in Berlin during the Cold War. Books – Bücher Ken Follett: Movies Filme • Century Trilogy (Jahrhundert Trilogie) ➢The Live of Others Jeffrey Archer: ➢Bornholmer • The Clifton Chronicles Strasse Anna Funder: ➢Good Bye, Lenin • Stasiland ➢Ballon ➢Sonnenallee Thomas Brussig: ➢The Tower • Am Kürzeren Ende Der Sonnenallee
TV Series – TV Serien Museums in Berlin – Museen in Berlin ➢The Weissensee ➢Allied Museum: alliiertenmuseum.de Saga ➢Berlin Wall Memorial: berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de/en/ ➢The Same Sky ➢Berliner Unterwelten e.V.: berliner-unterwelten.de/en ➢Honigfrauen ➢DDR Museum: ddr-museum.de ➢Ku’Damm 59 ➢GDR Watchtower: berlinwallexpo.de/en/ ➢Deutschland 8 ➢Mauer Museum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie: mauermuseum.de/en ➢Spy Museum – Deutsches Spionage Museum - deutsches-spionagemuseum.de/en/ ➢Stasi Prison: Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen - stiftung-hsh.de/history/stasi-prison/ ➢The Wall Museum: thewallmuseum.com Get social with us!