{"id":279,"date":"2011-10-27T22:39:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naraelle.net\/chidberlin11\/?p=279"},"modified":"2011-10-31T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T21:52:10","slug":"treptower-park-with-anna-mariah-and-janet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naraelle.net\/chidberlin11\/2011\/10\/27\/treptower-park-with-anna-mariah-and-janet\/","title":{"rendered":"Treptower Park with Anna, Mariah and Janet"},"content":{"rendered":"

The student tour this week brought us to Treptower Park, home to …<\/p>\n

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… houseboats (one of three colonies in Berlin) …<\/p>\n

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An observatory built for a world’s expo in the park around the turn of the century, and later supposedly used by Einstein …<\/p>\n

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… and an absolutely massive Soviet World War II memorial and cemetery. Since the park lies in what was formerly East Berlin, it was a natural choice for the Soviets to honor 7,000 of their men who died here. The site is now under the official protection and care of the German government, thanks to a line in the treaty signed by the Soviets in 1989.<\/p>\n

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The main attraction is a 38-foot statue of a Soviet solder saving a child, posed over a broken swastika. Though it’s a bit over the top, one can’t help but think about the staggering number of men buried here. It’s another sobering facet of Berlin’s complex, and often tragic, history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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