Humboldt University
We decided to head back down the same road we had taken from the airport earlier. Using our nifty transport passes we boarded one of the very frequent yellow city buses that took us to Unter den Linden, one of Berlin's most famous streets. We got off the bus in front of Humboldt Univerity, one of the world's greatest philosophical centers. Schoepenhower, Schilling, Fichte and Hegel all studied here. Even more famous folks like Einstein, Max Planck, Bismarck, Engels and Karl Marx also attended. Books from this school's library were burned by the Nazis under Goebbels' direction in May of 1933.
As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more 
