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Berlin Divided Berlin United COMPANION GUIDE BEGLEITBUCH BERLIN DIVIDED BERLIN GETEILT BERLIN UNITED BERLIN VEREINT Copyright © 2019 Bibi LeBlanc Culture To Color, LLC All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the express written permission of the author. First Edition Cover Design & Interior by Bibi LeBlanc CultureToColor.com To Order in Bulk Contact Publisher: CultureToColor.com For more information visit: CultureToColor.com COMPANION GUIDE Discover the sights of Berlin with the photography and links to background information for destinations, people, and events. 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. Join us on our coloring adventures around the globe… Culture To Color SOURCES & RESOURCES QUELLEN & RESSOURCEN 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
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