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Topic: Topography of Terror

January 30, 2013
4:49 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks as she opens the exhibition 'Berlin 1933 - the way to despotism' at the Topography of Terror museum in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany marks 80th anniversary of Hitler’s ascent

Nazis’ rise was made possible due to the cooperation of ‘the elite of German society,’ Angela Merkel says

By David Rising

December 26, 2012
1:52 pm

The main Holocaust memorial in Berlin features an above-ground, abstract monument resembling tombstones. (Plano Light/Creative Commons via JTA)

Come for the Holocaust museums, stay for the dance clubs and art

With its tragic history and growing Jewish population, Berlin offers a compelling, sometimes jarring mix of tourist activities

By Toby Axelrod