111 Orte in Berlin auf den Spuren der Nazi-Zeit

111 Orte

by Paul Kohl, Nadia Boegli

Viele Nazi-Orte in Berlin kennt man. Touristen werden im Pulk dorthin geführt. Doch wissen Sie auch, wo der Großmufti von Jerusalem den NS-Bonzen seine Hilfe zur Vernichtung der Juden anbot? Wo die Barren des Nazi-Goldes schlummerten? Wo die Hakenkreuzfahnen und Judensterne tonnenweise hergestellt wurden? Wo Hitler bei Tee und Obsttörtchen seinen Terror vorbereitete? Und woher stammte das enorme Vermögen der Reichen des Reiches Göring, Goebbels, Hitler und Himmler? In diesem Buch erfahren Sie es. Es führt Sie an Orte, die man niemals vergessen sollte.

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 10, 2013

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

For those who live in Berlin, this is awareness-building fare. A lot of the places described in this book--scenes of the unconscionable before, during, and, unfortunately, in some cases, after WWII--are within an easy walk from where I live.

[Nathaniel Flakin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have now read six volumes of "111 places in Berlin" (666 places!), and this one "in the footsteps of the Nazi era" is excellent. Each double page contains a description, a historical photo, and a current image. The places include office buildings where fascist bureaucrats planned unimaginable crimes, apartments where resistance fighters hid Jews, and massive Nazi construction projects. In Berlin, we are constantly surrounded by traces of the worst crimes in human history. Many of these places have historical markers, but some still hide their history.

I'm taking off one point, however, because the author includes conspiracy theories about the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem having had any meaningful influence on the Holocaust. This historical revisionism, beloved by the Right in both in Germany and in Israel, serves to whitewash German crimes — the real antisemites were always the Palestinians! The author could have just have easily included leaders of the Indian, Ukrainian, or Irish independence movements who collaborated with the Nazis. Yet none of these historical examples would fit the current interests and "Staatsräson" of German imperialism, so they are left out.

[Lysergius · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, partly because of the before/after photographs and the commentary, but necessarily superficial. Some interesting omissions, such as the Anhalter bunker and museum. Worth taking on the next trip though.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this on our 50th anniversary trip to WWII sites in Europe. Had some very interesting sites...what they looked like during the war and today.

[Eva Lehmann-Bauer · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great book! taking it with when I go to Berlin to research the SS and it's atrocities