We arrived in Berlin on Saturday morning so that we could spend the weekend with my daughter Isabella and her Rhys. Isabella is working in Berlin for six months to settle in the systems of the German company that her employer has bought, and after having last weekend together in Krakow, we were looking forward to spending time together here too.

The weather was awful, and not expected to improve. It drizzled pretty consistently both days, but fined up a bit on the Sunday afternoon.

With rain dictating indoor activities, we began by spending the morning in “The Bunker” museum, a record of the German history of World War II. From Isabella’s apartment at Schőneberg we caught the U-bahn to the Anhalter Bahnhof. Anhalter had been the main railway station in Berlin for lines to the south, but was destroyed during the war. Today, all that remains is the facade. These photos show Anhalter Bahnhof as a working station, devatated by the war, and the facade that remains.

The Bunker museum is located in an old World War II bunker that had been built for the the protection of nearby residents through the bombing by the allies. The museum handles the content very well, going back in history from the medieval through the Feudal system as an explanation for how the National Socialists could come to power under Hitler. It was a moving experience and very confronting.

Due to the nature of the museum, photos would have been inappropriate.