We crossed the river, proceeded down Unter den Linden and then passed by Humboldt University, attended by Einstein, Lenin, Marx and our guide Jim. Across from the university law library is Bebelplatz, one of the sites of Nazi book burning in 1933. A memorial containing empty bookshelves that could hold 20,000 volumes is viewable through glass in the plaza. There is also a plaque honoring the prophetic 1820 quote by poet Heinrich Heine "Where they burn books at the end they also burn people."









Nearby is the Neue Wacht memorial dedicated to the victims of war and tyranny.



And the former Arsenal, now the German History museum