' “What’s fascinating is that the building reflects so much of the history,” said Greg Schneider, vice president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. “You have a prewar thriving Jewish community, you have the Nazis, you have the Communists, and now you have a renewal.” '
New York Times, 10th March 2012
I hope to read some interesting dissertations about this building some day... East German history and how the past was dealt with in the DDR would make an interesting topic (I'm sure it's been covered before, but maybe not from this sort of angle..)
http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/travel/historic-school-building-now-a-cultural-center-in-berlin.html?smid=tw-nytimesglobal&seid=auto
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