Modern-day Berlin as a city is one that hides most of it’s recent history well – much of the damage that’s left from WWII has been preserved, rather than ignored. However, so much of the damage from the war and the partition of the city, that’s what’s left forms incredibly poignant memorials.
These are my photos of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedaechtniskirche – what was the city’s main cathedral before the war, and is now Berlin’s most moving monument to the distructiveness of war.
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedaechtniskirche, Berlin
- Kaiser Wilhelm Gedaechtniskirche, Berlin
Taken 2 July, ’08 with my Nikon D40X
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