Auslander
(Aus-lan-der) – noun
Foreigner, in German: Ich bin ein
Auslander (I am a foreigner)
I have fallen in love, fully and completely, with
Berlin. In this city my husband told me
I am a good man, “the best man he knows.”
Berlin is green and gorgeous but red with the stain of Germany’s
horrific past - you cannot have one without the other. In all its glory and splendor, its striking
architecture and bustling tourism trade, there is an undercurrent of pain and
regret, of a history that cannot (nor should not) be forgotten. I am glad that I feel this way. To ensure that history does not repeat itself
one must first remember and then examine what has come before.
