‘Hearts-ease’, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Oranienburg. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: V. lutea
Mistletoe in Monbijou Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae (Viscaceae)
Genus: Viscum
Species: V. album
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Heidenröslein
Music by Schubert
Poem by Goethe
Sah ein Knab’ ein Röslein stehn,
Röslein auf der Heiden,
War so jung und morgenschön,
Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn,
Sah’s mit vielen Freuden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein rot,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
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Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Flowers, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Cherry Tree, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trees, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Treptower Park, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Cemetery is just up the street from our apartment here in Mitte. It has many famous graves, including Bertolt Brecht. It also has a mausoleum that still has bullet holes from WWII. I found the various places where you can still see the bullet holes like this to be among the saddest signs of the war. You can see the furious intent behind the scars and know that they were aiming to kill someone. Sometimes Berlin feels like a great Necropolis, filled with monuments, cemeteries, and the scars of war at every turn.
Blackbird, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Mass Grave, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Battle of Berlin & Others, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Vines, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Black Cat, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Bertoldt Brecht, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Vines, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Lilac, Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dorotheenstädtisch-Friedrichswerderscher Friedhof, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
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