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Tara Cloud
Beauty and tragedy
Wow, what a fantastic visit to one of my favorite cities! Your visit was so full of history and my heroes! Your hotel was in the great Humboldt's house, you saw a street named after Sophie and Hans Scholl, and visited the important Stasi Museum. I was in Berlin for a couple of weeks staying with a friend who grew up in East Berlin. She said that her aunt, whom no one in the family liked, was a member of the Stasi. She said that 1/3 of all East Germans were somehow forced to spy for the Stasi--scary, thinking you didn't know whom you could trust! Those plaques with the names of those who perished in the Holocaust were so sad--I saw them also in Santiago, Chile, for those who perished under Pinochet. Such beautiful cities, such past horrors. So important to remember! Thanks so much!