Archive for the ‘History Berlin’ Category
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Prenzlauer Berg als ehemaliger Bezirk am Rande der Berliner Ost-West-Grenze hat auch schon vor der Teilung Deutschlands eine lange Geschichte durchgemacht. Die Industrialisierung in den 20er und 30er Jahren führte sehr viele Firmen und Unternehmer nach Prenzlauer Berg. Viele der alten Industriegebäude sind zwar heute noch erhalten, jedoch die meisten im 2. Weltkrieg zerstört worden.
Nach dem Fall der Mauer 1989, fristete Prenzlauer [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: berg, graffiti in berlin, Interessante Gebäude in Berlin # 13, Metzer, Mietanstieg, Pankow, Prenzl, Prenzlauer Berg, Restaurierung, Saarbrücker, Straßburger, Straße, zu hohe Mieten
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
As they did last year, in waves of demonstrations, many thousands of protestors and workers across Europe went onto the streets against government spending cuts, unemployment and increasing burdens for low wage earners to pay for the folly and economic and political mismanagement of the very few very rich.
Many people in Europe will be protesting unemployment and at the same time protesting [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 000 people marched, 000 people took part in the main May Day march, 2012 - Debt crisis & crisis of Capitalism, about as 100, Athens Greece, circa 3, Debt crisis & crisis of Capitalism, Debt crisis & May Day around the World, In the US the ‘Occupy’ movement, José Julián Martí, May Day 2012, May Day around the World - May 1st, Moscow, President Raul Castro, Sarkozy as another Berlusconi-type loser, Sarkozy friend of the rich.
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics Berlin, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 1 Comment »
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Marx + Engels Founders of Modern Socialism
Happy May Day 2012 !
‘May Day’ is a world-wide celebration of the social and economic achievements and progress of the workers and Labour movement – it is also refered to as ‘International Workers’ Day’, or ‘Labour Day’ and is the primary Communist and Socialist celebration now encompassing all manner of left or anti-capitalist groupings.
Many people also [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Red Berlin', emil hoogensteyn, From 'Red' Berlin - Happy May Day - 2012, International Business Times, may 1st berlin 2012, May Day Berlin 2012, may day celebrations worldwide
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012
From the pictures you can see – while not completly ready – it is still almost complete – a what a beautiful building we have!
One can see exactly how big the task was and build all of this while keeping the station open! Good work BVG.
Please let this blog what you think and your first impressions.
Previous articles from this blog on this [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'rostkreuz = ostkreuz berlin, Berlin 'Ostkreuz'/ 'Rostkreuz' reopens today, BVG Berlin, fotos of Ostkruez 18th April 2012, latest images from Ostkreuz, New Ostkreuz hall, new photos of Ostkreuz, Ostkreuz, ostkreuz re-construction, ostkreuz under-construction
Posted in Architecture Berlin, Articles by Cindy Su, Berlin, Bicycle, Bus, Guides, History, History Berlin, Local Berlin, News, Transportation | 4 Comments »
Monday, April 16th, 2012
Today, now that the Easter holidays are over, Berlin S-Bahn passengers who transverse the S41 and S42 Ring at Ostkreuz, will have a completely new view of the station.
As of 0400hrs this morning April 16th the busy station will show her new face – namely her new main hall as in the foto above.
While not all work has been completed yet –another [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'rostkreuz = ostkreuz berlin, Berlin 'Ostkreuz'/ 'Rostkreuz' reopens today, BVG Berlin, Ostkreuz, ostkreuz re-construction, ostkreuz under-construction
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
Ostensibly because of the controversy over the poem “What must be said” critical of Israel by the German Nobel laureate Guenter Grass, the US novelist Dave Eggers will stay away from today’s award ceremony at Bremen’s City Hall, where he should have been awarded the “Albatross” Literature Prize of the Günter Grass Foundation in Bremen.
His novel, “Zeitoun”, was considered by the Günter [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 5 Comments »
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Last Wednesday 84 year old German author and Nobel laureate Günter Grass wrote in a poem called “What must be said” that the present regime in Israel is a threat to world peace.http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/04/04/gunter-grass-speaks-out-atommach-israel-gefahr-fur-den-weltfrieden-israel-a-danger-to-world-peace-what-must-be-said-commentary-by-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-contributor-mr-emil/
The respected French-German publicist Alfred Grosser, the son of Jewish parents is, on the debate on the poem written by Gunter Grass, clearly on the side of the writer.
Alfred Grosser, [...] Continue Reading…
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
Last Wednesday 84 year old German author and Nobel laureate Günter Grass wrote in a poem called “What must be said” that the present regime in Israel is a threat to world peace.http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/04/04/gunter-grass-speaks-out-atommach-israel-gefahr-fur-den-weltfrieden-israel-a-danger-to-world-peace-what-must-be-said-commentary-by-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-contributor-mr-emil/
Günter Grass told German public broadcaster Norddeutsche Rundfunk/NDR on Thursday that an organized campaign against him will fail. Going after the man instead of the ball – blaming the messenger [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Against the backdrop of the nuclear dispute with Iran the 1999 Literature Nobel Prize winner, the 84-year-old German writer Günter Grass, has sharply criticized both his own country Germany and Israel.
Grass wrote as much in a poem today called “What must be said” which was sent to the German “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, and other international publications like the Italian “La Repubblica” and the [...] Continue Reading…
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Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 5 Comments »
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Wer kennt es nicht, das bunte Treiben im Mauerpark mit der weltberühmten Karaoke-Show des Iren Joe, dem quirligen Flohmarkt, den off-road Straßenmusikanten. Und wer wollte dies nicht erhalten, zumal an einem Ort, wo Geschichte (nicht nur mit Sprühdosen) geschrieben wurde? Der Mauerpark verbindet den ehemals westlichen Wedding mit dem einst östlichen Prenzlauer Berg und so in mehrer Hinsicht zwei unterschiedliche Welten, in [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: berlin prenzlauer berg, Berlin Wedding, Freunde des Mauerparks, Gleimtunnel, Mauerpark Berlin, Mauerpark Bürgerinitiativen, Mauerpark Tag, Mauerpark Zukunft, Welt-Bürger-Park
Posted in Articles by Jörn Meyer, Berlin, Berlin General, Berlin Gentrification, Berlin Parks, Culture, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Irish in Berlin, Local Berlin, Politics Berlin | 2 Comments »
Friday, March 16th, 2012
As U2′s Los Angeles performed Belfast yearnings for religious and income neutral postcodes go, there are places ‘where the streets have no name’. This seems true not only in Utopia but elsewhere, too. Namely in New York City. Who doesn’t know the NYC grid, after all?!
As a student I did a bike-messenger stint in Manhattan, so tourists would frequently ask me for [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Belfast, Berlin, Berlin bears, gauck, Knut, Märkisches Museum, Maxi, Maxi and Schnute, NYC, Occupy Wall Street, red city hall, Schnute, u2, Wall Street, Wallstraße, Where the streets have no names
Posted in Articles by Jörn Meyer, Berlin, Berlin General, Berlin Museums, Berlin Tourist Attractions, Culture, German Language, History, History Berlin, Local Berlin, Politics Berlin, Politics Germany, Things to do in Berlin, Transportation | No Comments »
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