Reichstag
Reichstag
Neil MacGregor began his journey through 600 years of German history at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, and ends it at t... Read more
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Barlach's Angel
Barlach's Angel
Neil MacGregor focuses on Ernst Barlach's sculpture Hovering Angel, a unique war memorial, commissioned in 1926 to hang ... Read more
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