Museums

Just back from a holiday in Berlin - UberKool!

The most impressive experience was the Pergamon Museum. Among other sights, a visit to the Jewish Museum was also well worth the trek; we missed the turn off but found it eventually.

Well laid out, airy and somehow not made oppressive to me with the memory of the Holocaust. That was my verdict, I was moved and felt a slight prickling behind the eyes, but the positivity that was clearly present overrode the negative aspects. and I did learn new things about the origins and achievements of the European Jews.

It was easy to feel empathy for the displaced and persecuted Jews who were forced to suffer near extinction and desperately restricted freedoms Axel 28th February 2007