Colonial Rule in Berlin and Ihnestrasse 22, Dahlem
The Otto Suhr Institute of Freie Universität, “which is housed in the building of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugeni...
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Upon Finding Topf and Sons in Erfurt
I went on a journey to the lovely city of Erfurt in hope of visiting the concentration camp Buchenwald which will be covered in another post. To my surpri...
Discovering the Fine Wonders of the Blaschka Father & Son Team and Their Glass Wonder Works.
On one of my many wanderings around Berlin, I entered the area near the CHARITE HOSPITAL in Mitte. Now here is where things get confusing. I have no...
The Sandbostel Photos by Sarah Mayr
In April I was invited to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of a POW camp near Hamburg called SANDBOSTEL. I had only recently found out that my father was ...
Heritage Brands in Italy Still Used Day to Day & Bologna Wandering
Whenever I get to a new country I try to go into the supermarket or drug store to find new products. There is something in my mind that says, “This is you...
The Moulage Collections of Berlin Charite
My obsession with wax began at an early age, mostly in the small fetish objects my mother brought with her from WW2 Germany. Old church candles with this ...
The Wax Collections in the Palazzo Poggi in Bologna
I must have been about 4 when I found in my mother’s handbag, a photo of a woman under glass. Along with my German mother’s wooden rosary beads, pink embroidere...
Dr. Auzoux and His Magic Materials
Horse teeth.That is how I came upon Doctor Louis Auzoux. His horse teeth collection. Take a close look. These teeth are made of paper. I fell in lov...