Newlywed Ursula Hermann is a simple woman, wanting nothing more than an end to the war and the return of her husband from the Russian front. But some things are not meant to be. The authorities determine that Ursula’s contribution to the war effort is to guard a prison for undesirables and political prisoners. Then, the unthinkable happens. A […]
Probably everyone knows about the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, but there’s another smaller memorial nearby. The “Rampe Bergen” or Train Loading Ramp Bergen. The monument made of unused railtracks marks the entrance to the hiking trail leading to the Rampe Bergen Memorial. The ramp itself cannot be accessed, because it’s on military grounds, but the memorial […]
When I was outlining the second book about Margarete, the Jewess hiding from the Nazis right under their noses, I found the perfect location for her to wait out the war: Plau am See, a quaint little village in the Mecklenburg Lake District about two hours drive from Berlin. Since I like to visit the […]
During my recent trip to Berlin, I visited the Jewish Museum with the adjacent Libeskind building that tells about the Holocaust in four different spine-chilling installations. Even from the outside you get the shivers, just looking at the titanium-zinc façade with the narrow window slits. American architect Daniel Libeskind called his design “Between the Lines“. […]
