In Berlin we went to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews, the mall in front of our house, a couple of churches, and a couple of markets. We lived right next to the Holocaust Memorial (The Memorial to the Murdered Jews) and we lived next to the Brandenberger Tor (The old gate between East and West Germany.) On the first day we saw the Brandenberger Tor. Then we went to the Mall right across the street to get our train tickets. After that we stopped at Hitler's old Bunker. It was said that he hid in the Bunker for 2 months and then he committed suicide with his wife. His Bunker was destroyed and is now underneath a parking lot and apartment buildings. We went to the Holocaust Memorial which is like a maze. It is rows and rows of big blocks. Even though the blocks were all evenly spread out, they got higher and lower, and the ground was bent down so it was very easy to get lost. We went to Reichstag which is the building that the parliament works in. In the top there is a glass dome for ventilation and to keep out the stale air (ha ha ha.) We saw the Chancellery where the woman Chancellor works. The building is also called the washing machine because of how it looks. We saw a monument to the book burning of the Nazis. It was an underground room with no doors and empty bookshelves. It had a glass ceiling so we could see it. We went to a church that was called St. Hedwig's church that reminds us of Harry Potter. The church was also called the Upside Down Tea Cup because of the dome on top. We saw the Berliner Dome which was a Protestant church. It was beautiful and it was a main place for Nazis to build power. On this one day we walked about 9.1 miles. We saw the American Embassy.
The rest of the time we saw the Berlin wall, saw a lot of street art, went to the Anne frank Museum, we saw an Organ Grinder, we went on a very pretty bridge, we saw a palace that might be where the Chancellor lives, and we went up a tower with an angel on top. It almost killed our knees.
At the Anne Frank Museum we learned that her name was Annalise and Anne was pronounced Ana. In German e's are pronounced like a's.
Have you heard of Martin Luther? He was from Wittenberg. Martin Luther was a professor of theology and he was a monk. When the Catholic church was selling indulgences so that people could go to heaven faster he posted his famous 95 Theses on the door of the Catholic church. He wrote it in Latin because only Popes, Priests, and Scholars could read it. The Pope kicked Luther out of the church. The Ruler at the time called a meeting with Luther. He asked Luther to confess that he was wrong. He thought about it and said no. The ruler accused him of being a rebel. He was given a month of free passage to his home but after that anybody could kill him without fear of punishment. He was also given a paper telling him to burn his works. Any friends who helped him would get into big trouble but friends did anyway. Instead of burning his works he burned the papers that told him to burn his works. He lived on to get married and have many children. He died many years later because of an illness. During his lifetime he and a friend translated the Bible from Greek and Latin into German so people could say what they believed. The Pope forbade anybody without high authority to read the Bible. He was the start of the Protestant Reformation. After he died a new form of Christianity was formed called LUTHERan which was based off of Luther's 95 Theses.
At the Anne Frank Museum we learned that her name was Annalise and Anne was pronounced Ana. In German e's are pronounced like a's.
Have you heard of Martin Luther? He was from Wittenberg. Martin Luther was a professor of theology and he was a monk. When the Catholic church was selling indulgences so that people could go to heaven faster he posted his famous 95 Theses on the door of the Catholic church. He wrote it in Latin because only Popes, Priests, and Scholars could read it. The Pope kicked Luther out of the church. The Ruler at the time called a meeting with Luther. He asked Luther to confess that he was wrong. He thought about it and said no. The ruler accused him of being a rebel. He was given a month of free passage to his home but after that anybody could kill him without fear of punishment. He was also given a paper telling him to burn his works. Any friends who helped him would get into big trouble but friends did anyway. Instead of burning his works he burned the papers that told him to burn his works. He lived on to get married and have many children. He died many years later because of an illness. During his lifetime he and a friend translated the Bible from Greek and Latin into German so people could say what they believed. The Pope forbade anybody without high authority to read the Bible. He was the start of the Protestant Reformation. After he died a new form of Christianity was formed called LUTHERan which was based off of Luther's 95 Theses.
