On both sides of the "Unter den Linden" street is the famous Humboldt University. Humboldt University has a large number of talents and has made outstanding contributions to the splendid German civilization. Nobel Prize winners who have studied or worked at Humboldt University have reached
etc., all studied or worked there. Humboldt University played an important role in earning the title of "European Thinker" in Germany.
On May 10, 1933, the Nazis burned more than 20,000 books confiscated from bookstores, Humboldt University Library, etc. The authors of the banned books included Marx, Heine, Freud, etc. They may have
Jews, or ideologically incompatible with Hitler's Nazi government.
In 1995, the Berlin city government built a symbolic "underground library" under the ground in Bebel Square in front of Humboldt University, where the books were burned. People can see through the glass covered parallel to the ground: the darkness
There are some empty bookshelves lined up in the basement of the house. The Berliners had good intentions in doing this.
Not far from Humboldt University Square, there are two larger churches, one is called the "German Church" and the other is called the "French Church". The existence of the "French Church" shows that Prussia was once a tolerant, rational and wise country.
government.
On October 15, 1685, Louis XIV of France announced the abolition of the "Edict of Nantes" promulgated by Henry IV in 1598 and promulgated the "Edict of Fontainebleau", which was a plan by the Catholic-dominated French government to persecute the Huguenots.
of laws,
The Huguenots were forced to flee.
Mainly for its own development, Prussia took the opportunity to issue the "Potsdam Edict" to encourage French Huguenots to immigrate to Prussia. Later, about 30,000 Huguenots came to Prussia, of which about 4,000 settled in Berlin. Today
The "French Church" was built by the Huguenots in Berlin and was a place where religious activities were held. During World War II, the "French Church" was not bombed at all, but the adjacent "German Church" was bombed.
War is a continuation of politics, which is clearly reflected here.
There are statues of the two men on the "Marx-Engels Square" at the east end of the "Unter den Linden" street. This place was originally the site of the Prussian Palace. The foundation of the Prussian Palace was laid in 1443 and has been expanded and expanded by successive Prussian governments. It can be called a building
Treasure. On February 3, 1945, when the Allied forces bombed Berlin, the Prussian Palace suffered some damage, but the structure and sculptures were still relatively intact. In 1950, the Prussian Palace was bombed and demolished by the East Berlin government. Many Germans held this opinion.
There are objections.
The Berlin Cathedral, which was built from 1893 to 1905, was also severely damaged during the bombing. It has been reopened to the public after repairs. Now standing on the roof of the church, you can see the bustling scene of Berlin and the nearby scenery.
The slow-flowing Spree River.
In fact, the Berlin Cathedral had been raised and destroyed three times before. The three periods of the church's existence were: 1536-1747, 1750-1817, and 1822-1893.
Kurfürstendamm is a main commercial street in the original "West Berlin". It was formed in the 16th century and was gradually expanded to its current size in the 19th century. It is the commercial and cultural center of "West Berlin".
On one side of the Kurfürstendamm stands the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, whose top was blown up during World War II. It has become a symbol of Germany's destruction during World War II and is also one of Berlin's main postcard images.
This city is no longer just a simple city for people to live in, but a country, a history of blood and tears of a nation's endless struggle. Who has the ability to become the birthplace of two world wars in a row, and who can realize the shame and then bravely fight against it.
Fight after defeat, fight after defeat. There is only Prussia. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and looking at the bustling street scene, William was stunned when he thought of the words he had said to Frederick the Great.
In later generations, William once read an article, the content of which was as follows:
In early May 1945, French resistance leader Charles de Gaulle set out from Paris and drove to Berlin to attend Germany's surrender ceremony. At this moment, he had nothing in his heart but revenge. But when he arrived at his destination, the mood for revenge was gone.
No existence.
Because from the moment he crossed the Franco-German border, he never saw a complete city. A complete village. Not even a complete building anymore. Except for women, children and the elderly, he did not see a healthy person.
Adult male. According to European saying, the Germans fought a war at 12 past 5, and they paid a heavy price for their sins.
More than 20 years later, two Soviet writers visited a small town in West Germany with a population of only a few hundred thousand. In the square in the center of the small town, a monument was erected. Through the monument, they learned that when the war broke out, the small town brought together more than 10,000 people.
Their children were sent to the front line and they formed a division. During the war, this division suffered three devastating blows, and the residents of the small town replenished it three times. By the end of the war, more than 30,000 people never came back, and all they left behind was
A sentence engraved on the monument:
Even if we all die in battle, Germany will still exist.
The small town was just a microcosm of Germany during wartime.
In September 1939, Germany's total population was only 80 million, including all the Germans in Austria and the Sudetenland in the Czech Republic. However, this mere 80 million people actually mobilized 17 million people to the front during the war.
From the hot equator to the cold Arctic, from the Pyrenees to the distant Volga River, 6 million of Germany's best sons and daughters died in more than 50 countries.
In certain age groups, for example, almost all boys born between 1918 and 1923 died. During the war of less than six years, Germany's strong mobilization ability and high casualty ratio were the highest in the world at that time.
What makes you sacrifice everything for it, and what blocks your iron ambition? Does it mean that God must be against our Prussia, or is Prussia destined not to rise? Why does it always fall short every time at the most critical moment?
.
But I came, I saw, I conquered, none of this will happen, Prussia will not cry, it will be Prussia's enemies who cry.
At this moment, William carries the souls of the ancestors of the Hohenzollern family in his body, and he is no longer alone on the road.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Your Majesty, are you there?"
As the sound came, William turned and walked towards the door. As he walked, William said, "Please come in." Then they were pushed away, and Marshal Dessau walked in under the leadership of Buell.
"Your Majesty, Marshal Qi Teng asked me to tell you that the subjects in the morning have been tested. All the test papers for the subsequent examinations will be gathered in Brandenburg for review. Marshal would like to ask you whether the royal family will send some personnel to join us for review." Dessau
Asking for instructions, he said
"Oh" William thought for a moment and agreed.
In fact, it is not unreasonable for Dessau to come to ask William to send someone to review the test paper together. If someone writes something offensive in the test paper, wouldn't it be difficult for them to do it? That's why they came to ask William to send someone to the royal family.
of people who went over to assist in the review to prove innocence.