Though perhaps Berlin is not representative of the rest of the country,
it certainly has been in its cross hairs of history...
Our first day seemed like a crash course,
in Berlin's multiple personalities...

Image 1, The Holocaust Memorial for the murdered 6 millions under the Nazi's, located just south of the Brandenburg Gate.
Image 2, Strasse des 17 Juni, a grand boulevard named after the 1953 East Berlin uprising against the Russian occupation forces, looking east from the Peace memorial in the middle of the Tiergarten towards  the Brandenburg Gate and the former East Berlin just beyond.
Nikon D600, 105mm F2.8 Nikkor lens.