Hannover Holiday 2

Hannover has few medieval churches because of the bombing. The main damage seems to have taken place in a raid in 1943. As with the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche in Berlin, one of these has been left as a ruin and memorial to the war (see photo).

From Holiday 2009

The difference is, that the Berlin church has a living component. Joan and I went to a concert in the new section a week or so ago, and it also has an active congregation. The Hannover church remains as nothing more than a monument. It is an interesting monument, though. I especially liked the broken-window stained glass, which is apparently a special exhibit.

From Holiday 2009

Yesterday we visited the Niedersächsische Landesmuseum, which has a strong collection mixed in with a number of works that a museum in Berlin might well leave in storage. I particularly liked the works of Paula Modersohn-Becker, whom I had not encountered before. After the museum we saw the movie Salami Aleikum, which was pleasant and reasonably amusing. Not a great film, but worth seeing. We ended the day at an Indian restaurant in our usual quest for vegetables.

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