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May 2025

Judenplatz: The Viennese Square That Speaks to Europe.
From the Enlightenment to the Holocaust, from Ukraine to Gaza —in Judenplatz, memory meets urgency, and values face their ultimate test. Here, since…
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The Angel of History in Berlin
Paul Klee's Angelus Novus—Walter Benjamin's Angel of History—is more than a painting: it's a catalyst of meaning and a warning. In Berlin, 2025, it…
Uncle Emil said ´NO´: Resistance in Berlin.
Listen now | Stories of anti-Nazi resistance were more numerous than many believe. Some became celebrated, others resurface only sporadically. Ruth…
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Soviet Photographers Who Captured the End of the War.
How Soviet photojournalists Yevgeny Khaldei, Timofei Melnik, and Ivan Shagin shaped the visual memory of victory in Berlin and Vienna—and why their…
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8 May and 9 May 2025: Berlin, a mirror of our times.
PHOTO STORY A walk through Berlin's memorials on these historic dates—where memory and meaning collide.
Help me tell better stories about Europe.
Thank you for reading Beyond Berlin. Your support helps keep this space alive — a place where Europe’s past meets its present: with stories big and…
Berlin, May 2, 1945: The surrender of a city and the final days of war in Europe.
In a modest Tempelhof apartment, Berlin's city surrender was signed—a crucial step toward Germany's final capitulation, as the shattered city began…
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April 25, 1945: when a small village became a symbol of the longing for peace.
In 1945, Soviet and American soldiers met on the Elbe. In 2025, that handshake’s meaning is being tested—by war, politics, and the fragility of memory.
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April 2025

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