Day 10: Berlin

This morning we slept in later than usual which made up for the long train ride. We woke up around 9 am to get breakfast before we went on a tour of Berlin. On the tour we started walking to the site of the Berlin wall. We went to a part of the wall that an eighteen-year-old hero was shot down. His name was Peter Frechter and he was one of many people to die trying to cross the big wall. When he was shot the East German soldiers left him dying for an entire hour before they took his body away. No one was able to help him because if any action was taken then it would have been the start of World War III. Instead of people trying to risk their lives to help, the media that had gathered took pictures of this dramatic event. It was shocking to know that the Berlin wall was made in 1961 and was not taken down until 1989.
While walking down a street I noticed that there was a pretty nice monument for the Holocaust. On its right side there was a grassy hill with no monument, no words, not even a post of where Hitler committed suicide. I was so excited to see this because Hitler deserves nothing! I learned that Hitler ordered his inner circle to burn him after he shot himself, so the Russians would not get to him. He wanted to be unrecognizable, however, that didn´t work. Now, parts of his body, like his skull and teeth, are still in Russia. Knowing that Hitler is not remembered in any nice way is a relief.
After a long tour we had finished by visiting the Reichstag building. This is the building that helped Hitler gain control of Germany after the SA burned it down. Hitler sent the SA to burn down the capitol building in order to gain power. Then, he blamed it on the Communists for burning it down. However, the thought that stays on my mind is that Hitler did burn down the building because he wanted power. Hitler's dishonest but brillant ideas helped him gain that power by using the law the right way and involving people to help him get there. One question I was left with is why would a smart man use his mental capacity for evil?