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It is located on the railway line in the district, adjacent to the Berlin Zoo. During the division of the city, the station was the central transport facility of West Berlinand thereafter for the western central area of reunified Berlin until the opening of in The station building overlooks the Hardenbergplatz square, named after Prussian prime minister Karl August von Hardenberg — Berlin's largest city bus terminal and night bus service centre. The original station, served by Berlin Stadtbahn commuter trains, opened on 7 February With a Zoo Station to the Summer Olympicsthe Zoo Station was rebuilt and expanded between and On the night of 23 and 24 Novemberthe track area was directly hit by bombs, and further damage accumulated during the Battle of Berlin. After the final closure of the Anhalter Bahnhof inBahnhof Zoo remained the only long-distance railway station operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn of within . On 28 AugustZoo Station weeks after the erection of the Berlin Wallthe new U-Bahn Line 9 was opened below the , connecting the station with the transport network in the north-south direction. The fact that, with only two platforms and four tracks for long-distance trains, the station was still the most important in West Berlin, was another unnatural Zoo Station of the divided city. Zoo Station exception was the famous Zoo Stationwhich departed from Bahnhof Zoo for Zoo Station Novosibirsk Trans-Siberian railway station until Zoo Station station is served by the following services: [5]. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Railway station in Berlin. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Berlin Zoologischer Garten. Berlin Stadtbahn. Berlin Hbf. Retrieved 15 November Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 25 November Der Tagesspiegel in German. Long-distance stations in Berlin. Stations on the Berlin U-Bahn. Hidden categories: CS1 German-language sources de Articles with German-language sources de Zoo Station with short description Short description matches Zoo Station Articles needing additional references from December All articles needing additional references Coordinates on Wikidata Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata Pages using Infobox station with unknown parameters Articles containing German-language text Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August Commons category link is on Wikidata Pages using the Kartographer extension. Zoo Station Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Wikimedia Commons. RE IRE. RE 7 via Berlin. RB 14 via Berlin. RB 21 via Potsdam. RB 22 via Potsdam. RE 2 via Berlin. Berlin Zoologischer Garten Location within Berlin. Zoo Station (song) - Wikipedia

Then, an acquaintance from his communist days approaches him to do some work for the Soviets. Russell is reluctant but ultimately unable to resist. He becomes involved in other dangerous activities, helping a Jewish family and an idealistic American reporter. When the British and the Nazis notice his involvement with the Zoo Station, Russell is dragged into the world of warring intelligence services. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Zoo Station if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Zoo Station by David Downing. He writes human-interest pieces for British and American papers, avoiding the investigative journalism that could get him deported. But as war approaches, he faces the prospect of having to leave his son and his longtime girlfriend. Then, an acquaintance from ByAnglo-American journalist John Russell has spent fifteen years in Zoo Station, where his German-born son lives. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. BerlinGermany. Other Editions Zoo Station Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Zoo Stationplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Zoo Station John Russell, 1. Dec 08, Andrew Robins rated it it was ok. I like the subject matter, and the main characters are interesting. However, everything is a bit too If you don't know anything about Nazi Germany, you'd probably enjoy it. If you do, though, it will irritate you, as it is to a large degree like reading an O Level history text. There is no subtlety to it at all. For example, at the start, the main character encounters children geting on a kindertransport at the station in Berlin, and i don't really know what to think of this Zoo Station. For example, Zoo Station the start, the main character encounters children geting on a kindertransport at the station in Berlin, and there's an SS guard arguing with and slapping a Jewish woman whilst children scream. If you'd no idea this sort of thing happened, you'd find this to be illuninating. If, on the other hand, you have some knowledge of this period of history, it is all screamingly obvious, a very hackneyed image of the period and place. Like a poor ITV period drama, with no subtlety. A Downtown Abbey for s Germany. The plot is also Zoo Station much non Zoo Station, it is all very linear stuff, so there's not much to grip Zoo Station. Another annoyance is that the main Zoo Station, john Russell, Zoo Station also uncannily prescient about events to come the book is set inand throughout the book there are comments hinting at the way he Zoo Station things will pan out, designed to make you think "crikey, that's exactly what did happen! I had been planning to read one of this series of books for a while, being a big fan of Pillip Zoo Station Bernie Gunther series which at least have a tongue in cheek, almost slapstick element to themand may read another one of the "Station" series to give the author another chance, but it really was a disappointing start. View all 5 comments. Opening in pre-World War Zoo Station Berlin, the book sees journalist, John Russell, witness firsthand increasing anti- Jewish sentiment and signs of the persecution and brutality to come. There is a Zoo Station powerful scene at the beginning of the book which illustrates this. At the same time, in a chilling juxtaposition, the German people continue going about their daily activities: enjoying coffee and cake in pavement cafes, shopping, visiting the theatre or enjoying the latest Marx Brothers film at Opening in pre-World War 2 Berlin, the book sees journalist, John Russell, witness firsthand increasing anti-Jewish sentiment and signs of the persecution and brutality to come. At the same time, in a chilling juxtaposition, the German people continue going about their daily Zoo Station enjoying coffee and cake in pavement cafes, shopping, visiting the theatre or enjoying the latest Marx Brothers film at the cinema. I enjoyed the believable detail about the streets, squares and public Zoo Station of Berlin. The Zoo Station of the title acts variously as clandestine meeting point, location for train spotting, a point of arrival and departure, and the scene of a suspicious death. Russell becomes embroiled in the fate of a Jewish family and with a fellow journalist who is on the scent of a story about Zoo Station plans for an atrocity greater than anything witnessed so far which is saying something. Russell soon discovers that asking questions can be a dangerous business and faces a conflict between his journalistic instincts and integrity, and concern Zoo Station his own safety and those close to him. In the breathless final chapter, with Europe on the brink of war, the author ratchets up the tension as the reader nervously witnesses Russell run his greatest risk yet. I really liked the touching relationship between John Russell and his German-born son, Peter, as they bond through activities Zoo Station as attending football matches to cheer on their team or visiting the zoo. Nevertheless, the malign influence of Zoo Station is never far away, even between father and son. However, her fame as an actress does prove a fortunate and timely distraction at one point in the story. Zoo Station is a taut, compelling espionage story with an authentic sense of the period and setting. In a first for me, I listened to the audiobook version which is ten hours long. There are twelve chapters of between 45 minutes and an hour listening time. Simon Prebble makes an excellent narrator with his clear diction, measured pace, rich vocal tones and ability to create distinctive voices for the various characters including the female ones. It's my first book by David Downing, the first in his John Russell series. Russell is Zoo Station British reporter living in Berlin just before WWII as the Nazis are consolidating power in the country and beginning to make waves in the world. He's a bit of a cynic, reporting on small items, making ends meet, living with Zoo Station girl friend, German actress, Effi and spending time with his German son, Paul on weekends. While in Danzig gathering information for a news article, he meets a Russian spy Zoo Station offers to pay him well to write a series of stories on Germany, a comparison between Communism and Socialism Zoo Station maybe also provide the Soviets with information useful to them. Russell is also given a job teaching a Jewish family English, a family who are trying to gain exit visas from Germany as are countless other Jews at that time. Zoo Station finds himself becoming more and more involved in issues, trying to help the Jewish family, trying to avoid the Gestapo, and so on. It's a very well-written story and the development of Russell's character is carefully and well-crafted. I liked many of the characters; I think I've got a bit of a crush on Effi. The story builds tension excellently, the story keeps you deeply engrossed. All in all, Zoo Station glad I discovered this and look forward to continuing to see how Russell manages to survive in Nazi Germany as war becomes more and more of a given and also to see what other situations he will find himself in. View 2 comments. Nov 13, Jeanette rated it really liked it. This is Zoo Station the start of his work. There are now 6 Downing Berlin books in this series, that hold titles which are named after those real train stations in Zoo Station city of Berlin, Germany. He is English but ends up taking an American citizenship from his birth mother. These books are not fast paced and hold considerable detail to old Berlin, Nazi law's increasing powe This is just the start of his work. These books are not Zoo Station paced and hold considerable detail to old Berlin, Nazi law's increasing power in Zoo Station late 's and many personal stories of Russell's and Effi's associates during Zoo Station years The complex loyalities and secret lives in so many Germans' everyday existence! Zoo Station he does get that part better than Furst. I'm now up to just beginning the 5th book and they are all reads with tension, but NOT high action, more pulled suspense over lengths of time, NOT fast paced. Lots of mundane life and monotony- which is actually closer to spying or undercover work than action and Zoo Station are. The novel which sat on my Kindle for Zoo Station long that I totally forgot why I bought it in Zoo Station first place starts off real slow. So slow, in fact, that I wondered if I should at all Zoo Station reading after about a quarter. Who knows? Set in Berlin prior to WW A tautly written thriller that moves along at a steady pace. The premise was slightly different with the main character being British but needing to stay in Berlin be with his young Zoo Station. Enjoyed the setting and the period. A good introduction to the John Russell series. John Russell is an English journalist, with an American mother, living in Berlin in It is the end of the year, the Christmas season, after the Nazi SS pogroms against Jewish communities on November ZooStation Windsurfing School in Bol Brac Croatia

It is the opening track from their album Achtung Babya record on which the group reinvented themselves musically by incorporating influences from alternative rockindustrialand electronic dance music. As the album's opening track, "Zoo Station" introduces the band's new sound, delivering industrial-influenced percussion and several layers of distorted guitars and vocals. Similarly, the lyrics suggest the group's new intents and anticipations. The introduction, featuring an "explosion" of percussion and a descending glissando for a guitar hookwas meant to make the listener think the album was mistakenly not U2's latest record or that their music Zoo Station was broken. The song's lyrics were inspired by a surrealistic story about Berlin from World War II that lead vocalist heard, when overnight bombing damaged the zoo and allowed animals to escape and wander around the city's rubble. Bono was also inspired by the city's Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station and used it as a metaphor for a reuniting Germany. The song received positive reviews from critics, many of whom analysed the song as a representation of the band's reinvention. Following difficult recording sessions at Hansa Studios in Berlin in lateU2 undertook the second phase of the recording sessions for Achtung Baby in Dublin. Along Zoo Station Robbie Adams, Strong also assisted Flood Zoo Station engineering. Lanois provided additional guitar during Zoo Station. With Achtung Babythe group sought to recover some of the Dadaist characters and stage antics they had dabbled with in the late s as teenagers. U2 had abandoned these ideas for more literal themes in the s. However, for the new album, the band was interested in no longer making obvious sense. Animals escaped the city's zoo after Zoo Station was damaged in overnight bombing, and as a result, rhinoceroses, pelicans and Zoo Station wandered around the next morning while people were sifting through the rubble. During recording, Eno created Zoo Station prototype mixes of the song. The Zoo Station recalled how these Zoo Station mixes assisted the band in creating the final version of the track. Sometimes you can end up with something completely distinctive. Although "Zoo Station" was not released as a singleit Zoo Station included on a inch promotional recording to promote U2's Zoo TV Tour in North America, along with studio and remix versions of "Lady with the Spinning Head". As the first track on an album that was a major reinvention for the band, "Zoo Station" was an introduction to U2's new sound. The song features layers of distorted guitar and vocals, and industrial-influenced percussion. Irish rock journalist Bill Graham cites David Bowie 's album Low as a major influence on "Zoo Station", which he called a "new brand of glam rock " with "Spartan rhythms and sudden flurries of melody". On the second half of the third beatthe song's signature guitar riffa distorted descending glissandoenters. Much like the song's guitar sounds, the drums' timbre is noticeably different from previous U2 songs as it exhibits a "cold, processed sound, something Zoo Station beating on a tin can". Fifteen seconds later, the song returns to the previous chord progression and the Zoo Station ends. Guitarist explained that some of the sounds in the introduction that resemble keyboards were actually created by him on guitar. After the introduction, the song follows a conventional verse-chorus form. Along with introducing the band's new sound, the song opens the album as a statement of intent. Bono cites the Zoo Station of his first child born in as a major influence on Achtung Babyas was his wife's second pregnancy during the album's recording. Zoo Station the release of Achtung Baby"Zoo Station" was praised by many critics. Steve Morse of The Boston Globe said the song Zoo Station one on which "sonic assaults are teamed with dreamily processed vocals that recall Beatles psychedelia ". He also noted that Bono's voice was "electronically masked and the band's old style traded for a pushy bassline and a percussive stomp, although U2 can't resist some sweeter interludes". was complimentary of The Edge, comparing his style of guitar playing on the song Zoo Station using a rhythm instrument by "repeating a dark, buzzing phrase that drives the beat". In one scene, the main character, Will Hugh Grantturns up the volume of the song as a "childless effort" to ignore Marcus Nicholas Houlta boy ringing Will's doorbell, prompting Marcus to ring it in unison with the beat of the song. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. But the Zoo Station that it is a deliberately hesitant gesture puts it clearly in the realm of satire. Perhaps it satirizes the technology itself, or U2's new embracing of technology. Achtung Baby Media notes. Island Records. Japan: Island Records. PR12 Hal Leonard Corporation. Retrieved 17 November The Boston Globe. Retrieved Orlando Sentinel. BBC Online. The New York Times. Rolling Stone. Chicago Tribune. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 25 November Melody Maker. Hot Press. Blake The Daily Yomiuri. Zoo Radio Syndicated radio broadcast. United States. Archived from the original on November 13, Zoo StationAustralia : Island Records. ChicagoIllinois : Island Records. Assayas, Michka Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas. Zoo Station York: Riverhead Books. Creswell, Toby New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. Fast, Susan In Everett, Walter ed. New York: Garland Publishing. Flanagan, Bill U2 at the End of the World Paperback ed. New York: Zoo Station. 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