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Bogensee…. from dictatorship to ruin…

August 31, 2019 by 53weeks

Quoting Wikipedia: “Bogensee is a small lake near Wandlitz in the German state of Brandenburg, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the Berlin city limits. Bogensee is known for the nearby former summer retreat of Nazi minister Joseph Goebbels, located approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) northwest of the shore. The premises were dedicated to Goebbels by the Berlin city administration on the occasion of his 39th birthday in 1936; he had an extended country home erected at the site until 1939, including a private cinema, a bunker, and adjacent SS barracks. Co-financed by the UFA film […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: Berlin, Brandenburg, DDR, Dictatorship, Elmar, FDJ, Germany, Goebbels, History, Leica, Monochrome, Nazi, Rühmann, Reunification, Soviet, Stalin, Summilux, UFA, Wandlitz, Wende

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Week 4 – A Blast from the Past

January 31, 2011 by 53weeks

Karlshorst (Berlin) is the latest “in” urban location for the alternative “new” Berliners (after Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain). Whilst the infrastructure, amenities and general standard of living begin to improve, and the rents increase, it is easy to forget that the district has a very special past. After the unconditional surrender was signed by Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel on the 8th of April 1945 in Karlshorst, the war in Europe came to a close. On the 10th of November […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: 17-50mm, Aperture, Ausstellung, Bank, Bench, Berlin, Canon, Capitulation, Chair, DDR, Denkmal, East Germany, Exhibition, Foto, Fotos, GDR, Great Britain, Hours, Images, Karlshorst, Memorial, Minuten, Minutes, Monate, Months, Panzer, Photo, Photography, Photos, Pictures, Russian, Russisch, Seat, Seconds, Soviet, T-35, Tank, Time, War, Weeks, Winter, WWII, Years

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