MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Blog #58 BERLIN, Germany (week 2) 7/1/2019

BERLIN, Germany

(Week #2)

"It's not a vacation, 
it's a lifestyle"

Blog Post #58

July 1, 2019


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We witnessed an educational presentation 

accompanied by a light show

over the River Spree in Berlin,

which was produced by the German government

 to inform and educate the German people and visitors

Reischstag was the Imperial Rule during Hitler

Bundestag is the German government of today

WWI 1914-1918

WWII 1939-1945
Holocaust
Jewish atrocities
Homosexual atrocities

Cold War 1947-1991
division of Germany (East-West)
division of Berlin (East-West),
Berlin Wall 1961-1989

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Berlin

After WWII these three sectors were established, 

France, Great Britain, and the USA (West Berlin)

Soviets (East Berlin)

ALL of Berlin sat inside the borders 

of East Germany and East Berliners were escaping the rule of the Soviets, thus the GDR built the wall.

The wall, was basically built overnight with barbed wire, 

later a cement structure was erected after over 

3.5 million East Germans defected. 

The wall was built to keep East Berliners

 inside the confines of East Berlin. 

5,000 escaped even after the wall was built, 

while many were killed while attempting to escape. 

The Death Strip 

was located between sections of the double wall

(grassy area, with guard house on the left)

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Our flat is located in what was a section of former East Berlin

(The blue square on the map below shows our flat, 

which is literally two blocks inside the wall)

Today, with the wall removed, it is quite difficult to detect  

what was East Berlin from West Berlin

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All around Berlin, 

on the exact location of the Berlin Wall,

one can see these markers on the ground as a reminder 

of where the wall stood. 

BERLINER MAUER 1961-1989

BERLIN WALL 1961-1989

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There are small cut sections of the wall 

in front of multiple businesses, 

at train stations and elsewhere.  We have seen many in the U.S. 

as well as around the world

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This was the scene on the day the wall

was opened between East & West Berlin

in 1989

Today small sections of the wall are left as a memorial

  Multiple artists have crated iconic art pieces 

East Side Gallery
is the name of this part of the remaining section of the wall

Ron and Roger joining in the action

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Memorial to the Murdered Jews

Along side the American Embassy

2711 cement monuments

(no names. no dates)

represent over 3 million murdered Jews

who were marked with yellow stars in concentration camps

during WWII

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The Memorial to Homosexuals 

murdered (approx. 50,000-63,000)

during the same period is just across the street

This memorial is a single cement block

with a window through which you can view a video

of two women kissing and two men kissing. 

Having been seen doing this was enough to send them 

to concentration camps where they were 

marked with a pink triangle

and sent to their deaths

A second, smaller memorial is located in 

Schöneberg, an area with a high population of 

Gay Men and Women

In English this memorial reads. 

"Beaten to Death

Hushed 

the Gay Victims of

National Socialism"

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All of the walls in the chapel of
The Olympic Stadium in Berlin
are covered with gold leaf detail
with this message in multiple languages. 


"Carry each other's burdens..."

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"It's not a vacation, 

it's a lifestyle"

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NEXT STOP:
*June 15 - July 14  Berlin, GERMANY
*berlin(txl)

*May 18-June 15, 2019 HUNGARY
*budapest(bud)

*May 13 - 17, 2019 NORWAY
*oslo(osl)

*April 11 - May 9, 2019 USA
*palmsprings(psp)
*sandiego(san)

*March 1- April 10, 2019 ARGENTINA
*buenosaires(eze)

*February 26 - March 1, 2019  URUGUAY
*montevideo
*colonia

**February 6 - February 25, 2019 ARGENTINA

*buenosaires(eze)

**January 2019 USA
*bozeman(bzn)
*losangeles
*sandiego(san)

**December '18 - January '19 MEXICO

*merida(mid)

*progreso
*uxmal
*playadelcarmen

**October - December 2018  MEXICO

*puertovallarta (pvr) 

*nuevovallarta
*bucerias
*yalapa
*bocadetomatlan

**October 2018 USA

*portland(pdx)

**September 2018 USA

*losangeles

*palmsprings

*lasvegas(las)

*sandiego(san)

*washingtondc(dca)

*newyorkcity(jfk)

**August 2018  ENGLAND

*highclere

*chester

*manchester(man)

*salford

*liverpool

**July 2018  SCOTLAND

*edinburgh(edi) 

*alloa

*sterling

*standrews

*glasgow(gla)

**July 2018  IRELAND

*dublin(dub)

**July 2018  ENGLAND, UK 

*london(stn)

**April - June 2018  SPAIN

*madrid(mad)

*valencia(vlc)

*barcelona(bcn)

*sitges

*palmademallorca(pmi)

*torrevieja

*puntaprima

*caboroig

*granada

*cartegena

*lazenia

*malaga

*altea

*alicante

**March 2018   USA

*sandiego (san)

*losangeles(lax) 

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Our travels include all of these countries and cities around the world, plus multiple states and cities across the USA

**February 2018  MEXICO

**mexicocity(mex)

**October 2017  HAWAII

**maui(ogg)

**April 2017 PANAMA CANAL CRUISE

**mexico

**guatamala

**panama

**costarica

**curacao

**florida(mia)

**May 2016 DENMARK

**copenhagen(cph)

**April-May 2016 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE

**italy

**malta

**greece

**turkey

**April-May 2016 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE

**portugal

**gibraltar

**spain

**italy

**September 2014 HAWAII

**kona(koa)

**May2014 FRANCE

**paris(cdl)

**May 2014 ITALY

**venice

**April-May 2014 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE

**canaryislands

**spain

**france

**italy

**June 2013 AFRICA

**tanzania(ark)

**June 2013 NETHERLANDS

**amsterdam(ams)

**October 2011 SPAIN

**barcelona(bcn)

**madrid

**seville

**valencia

**January 2009 MEXICO

**acapulco(aca)

**November 2008 MEXICO

**puertovallarta(pvr)

**October 2007 MEXICO

**cabosanlucas(csl)

**November 2006 ITALY

**rome(fco)

**florence

**pisa

**sienna

**tavernelle

**montepulciano

**November 2006 CANADA

**vancouver(yvr)

**March 2005 MEXICO

**guadalajara(gdl)

**July 2004 ARUBA

**December 2003 CANADA

**whistler

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