Rücksicht (1983)
KYIV DESTINATION: Berlin Wall segment
On the pavement outside the German embassy on 25, Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St, there is a piece of the Berlin Wall that used to separate East and West Europe, together with some information about its history. This is a symbol of what has both divided and united Europe in the last 100 years.
The post-war relationship between east and west Germany has two separate tales to tell, but prior to this of course there was a period in WWII where Ukraine was defacto part of the German Reich.
This is a very complex and disputed part of Ukrainian history to this day. It will take several more decades before the full story can be adequately researched and understood.
But for around three years Ukraine was a part of the Reich as part of the Lebensraum policy. The National Socialists saw Ukraine as a space where Germans could move into and live. The war led to many atrocities on both sides. Many of the old buildings in the city centre were destroyed both by the Soviet and German armies.
Because the war was so hard fought there is an abundance of WWII German and Soviet military artefacts at collectors fairs in the city.
In more recent times though Germany has invested heavily in Ukraine and its cultural arm the Goethe Institut runs lots of programmes in literature, language and the arts. Supermarkets are full of German goods, and most Ukrainians either own or fantasise about owning several German cars.
If you're looking for German beer in Kyiv then head to the German restaurant Natürlich on the same street as the embassy: http://naturlih.com.ua/en/index.html
Or the Bavarian Restaurant Cosmopolite: http://cosmopolite-kiev.com/restaurants/bavarian in the four star Cosmopolite Hotel.
Embassy details:
Website: http://www.kiew.diplo.de/Vertretung/kiew/uk/02/Adresse/Adresse.html
Address: 25 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St, Kyiv
Telephone: 0038 050 355 8285
Goethe Institut: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ua/de/index.html?wt_sc=ukraine
The Berlin Wall in Kyiv
EUROVISION COUNTRY: GermanyKYIV DESTINATION: Berlin Wall segment
On the pavement outside the German embassy on 25, Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St, there is a piece of the Berlin Wall that used to separate East and West Europe, together with some information about its history. This is a symbol of what has both divided and united Europe in the last 100 years.
The post-war relationship between east and west Germany has two separate tales to tell, but prior to this of course there was a period in WWII where Ukraine was defacto part of the German Reich.
This is a very complex and disputed part of Ukrainian history to this day. It will take several more decades before the full story can be adequately researched and understood.
But for around three years Ukraine was a part of the Reich as part of the Lebensraum policy. The National Socialists saw Ukraine as a space where Germans could move into and live. The war led to many atrocities on both sides. Many of the old buildings in the city centre were destroyed both by the Soviet and German armies.
Because the war was so hard fought there is an abundance of WWII German and Soviet military artefacts at collectors fairs in the city.
In more recent times though Germany has invested heavily in Ukraine and its cultural arm the Goethe Institut runs lots of programmes in literature, language and the arts. Supermarkets are full of German goods, and most Ukrainians either own or fantasise about owning several German cars.
If you're looking for German beer in Kyiv then head to the German restaurant Natürlich on the same street as the embassy: http://naturlih.com.ua/en/index.html
Or the Bavarian Restaurant Cosmopolite: http://cosmopolite-kiev.com/restaurants/bavarian in the four star Cosmopolite Hotel.
Embassy details:
Website: http://www.kiew.diplo.de/Vertretung/kiew/uk/02/Adresse/Adresse.html
Address: 25 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St, Kyiv
Telephone: 0038 050 355 8285
Goethe Institut: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ua/de/index.html?wt_sc=ukraine
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