Booknote: WWII Berlin in fiction and diary

Although I left Berlin sometime ago, I can’t seem to leave it behind.  While in London, I bought a first novel about a German couple in Berlin during the Second World War.  This soldier and his “mail order” wife are on the German side ; the novel portrays the brutal conditions of the fighting on the Russian front …

Berlin: History & Rebirth

I did not fall in love with Berlin at first sight–but I’m warming up to it and it’s growing on me.  We are staying in the eastern part of the city and upon arrival at our hotel, I initially thought we were in the middle of nowhere and I wasn’t particularly impressed with the architecture either. …