Rare German photo book about German capital city BERLIN and Potsdam in the 1930's !!
There are full page photos on every second page with explaining text in six languages (German, English, Italian, Spanish, Polish and French) on the facing page. The book was published as a souvenir for tourists attending the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Depicted are the Berliner Rathaus (Town Hall), Schloss (Palace), National Memorial to Emperor Wilhelm I, Neptune Fountain, Alexanderplatz, Memorial to the Great Elector on the Kurfursten Bridge, Cathredral, Old Museum, National Gallery, Schloss Bridge designed by Schinkel, New Guard House, State Opera, St. Hedwig's Cathedral, University,
Memorial to Frederick the Great in the Unter den Linden by Rauch, Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), Reichstag Building, Victory Column, Richard Wagner Memorial, Leipziger Strasse, Europe House, Air Ministry, Reichskanzlei, Palce of the Reich President, Gendarmen Markt with the New Church, State Theatre, Shell House,
Emperor Wilhelm Memorial Church, GoldenGallery in the Charlottenburg Palace, New Church in the Hohenzollerndamm, Funkturm (Wireless Tower)Group of Runners by Lederer, Hall of Germany finished in 1935, Reichssportfeld (Reich Sport Field), Dietrich Eckart Open Air Theatre, Olympic Race, Olympic Village near Doberitz, Group of Wrestlers by Haverkamp,
The Klingenberg Power Station in Rummelsburg, Bathing Beach at Wannsee, Clock Tower on the Donhoff Square, Garisson Church in Potsdam,Park of Sanssouci, Nikolai Church ... |