Historic Buildings

While Heinrich was visiting Berlin he was able to see some famous buildings from Germany's history. One of these buildings was the Olympic Stadium.

This is the place where the Summer Olympics were held in 1936. They are famous for some of the record setting events that featured Jesse Owens. He was a very good American athlete but the German leaders wouldn't attend the award ceremony because Jesse was black.

 

Another building was the Reichstag. This used to be the main government building a long time ago. But in the 1930s the Nazis tried to burn it down. For along time it was just an empty shell of a building.

When Germany was reunited in the 1990s the Reichstag was rebuilt to be the main political center of Germany. The stone dome that originally covered it was damaged by the fire and bombing. When it was rebuilt a glass dome was built to cover the top.

The Berlin Dom or cathedral was very beautiful. It has many statues and designs on the exterior of the building. There are also many stain glassed windows. It sits on the original site of old Berlin, an island in the Spree River.

Across the road there was an old church with a very important statue. In the church gardens is a statue of Martin Luther. He is a very important man in German history. He caused an enormous change in how people thought about God.