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A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences about Berlin, Germany.

There are many strands to the annus mirabilis of 1968 -- the Prague Spring, the Paris barricades, Flower Power -- but all involved an uprising against a stifling postwar order. In what the author Paul Berman has called ''an incoherent fraternity,'' idealism provided what coherence there was. ''It's forbidden to forbid,'' proclaimed Daniel Cohn-Bendit, the French-born German Jew who led the May '68 Paris uprising. His slogan, silly-looking now, was less important than his border-crossing identity, a rebuke to countless European silences, prejudices, taboos, lies and murders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on the Chancellery building designed by Axel Schultes and the planned reconstruction of the Hohenzollern Palace in Berlin, Germany.

Reports on the agreement of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Berlin, Germany to pay a stiff fine to end a criminal investigation into his illegal acceptance of secret payments on February 8, 2001.

Reports on the occurrence of a racist attack on an Asian-looking man in Berlin, Germany on December 26, 2000. How the incident occurred; Implication of attacks on immigrants; Factors reinforcing xenophobic anger.

Focuses on the issue of anti-Semitism in connection with the proposed merger of two opera houses in Berlin, Germany. Reaction of Jewish artistic director Daniel Barenboim of Staatsoper to the statement of politician Klaus Landowsky; Background on the situation; Possible effects of the merger on Berlin opera.

Provides information on the tourist trade at seven European cities. Berlin, Germany; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France.

Focuses on the efforts being made to bring a Jewish museum to Berlin, Germany. Reasons for the museum, namely to honor the Holocaust victims and topography of the Nazi regime; Why the museum's theme is causing dissent among officials; Plans for the future.

Reports the impact to people of a proposed work of art for the refurbished parliamentary building of Reichstag in Berlin, Germany. Description of the proposed work of art; Details on how the work of art was approved.

Reports the political career of Edmund Stoiber, a conservative prime minister of Bavaria in Berlin, Germany as of February 17, 2000. Details on his political credentials; Impact of the crisis in the Christian Democratic Union to his political status.

Reports on the decision of Berlin Mayor Eberhard Diepgen not to attend a ceremony for a Holocaust memorial project near the Bradenburg Gate in Germany. Purpose of the Holocaust memorial ceremony; Views on the decision of Diepgen; Estimated cost of the memorial; Problems encountered during the construction of Berlin's Jewish Museum.

Highlights the 10th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall in Germany on November 9, 1999. Remarks given by Chancellor Gerhard Schroder; View expressed by Reverend Joachim Gauck, a leading protester in 1989; Reminder given by former Chancellor Helmut Kohl to the Parliament.

Reports that civil servants protested Chancellor Gerhard Schroder's plan to cut the budget in Berlin, Germany. Excerpt from a commentary by `Die Welt' newspaper; Comments from Schroder; Details on a proposal from IG Metall trade-union.

Reports on the profanation of gravestones at the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery in Berlin, Germany on October 4, 1999. Neo-Nazis suspected of attacking the cemetery; Significance of the cemetery; Comment from Andreas Nachama, chairman of the Berlin Jewish community.

Reports on the re-creation of Berlin as the home of the German government. History of the city; Discussion on patriotism based on such history; Changes in the city.

Reports that Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel arrived in Berlin, his first state visit to the capital of Germany. Significance of his visit; Purpose of his visit.

Looks at how Gunter Biere, a department store executive in Germany, was able to evade the Sunday closing law. His move to label all the products in his Kaufhof department store in Berlin as souvenir to avoid the Sunday closing law; Popularity of Biere in Berlin with his move to open the store on Sundays.

Discusses how the relationship between two German women reflects social and political changes in reunified Berlin, Germany, as of summer 1999. The women's meeting and employment in postwar Berlin; Impact of the war on their families; Division of their lives by the construction of the Berlin Wall; Similarities in the course of their lives; Reunion after the removal of the Wall; Differences that developed in their attitudes.

Reports February 17, 1999, violence at the Israeli Consulate in Berlin, Germany, as Israeli guards opened fire on Kurdish protesters trying to occupy the building. Number of Kurds killed and wounded; Reasons for the Kurds' attack on the consulate; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement about the incident and Israeli involvement in the capture of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers Party; Protest details.

Focuses on the development of Berlin, Germany to become a European cultural capital. Challenges faced by the government in turning Berlin into a cultural capital; Risk faced in making Berlin as a cultural capital of Europe; Main elements of culture in Berlin.

Presents information on several museums in Europe. Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany; River and Rowing Museums in England; Mucha Museum in Prague, Czech Republic.

Examines the changes taking place in Germany's society. Efforts of the country to reshape its image and reputation; Unification process of the former West Germany and East Germany; Decision of the government to relocate its capital from Bonn to Berlin; Challenges faced by the German's concerning the transformation.

Focuses on the visit of Berlin, Germany Mayor Eberhard Diepgen in Chicago, Illinois to try to establish a direct flight from Berlin to Chicago. Efforts of the city of Berlin to establish a a stable commercial flight services; Plan of the German government to relocate the capital from Bonn to Berlin.

Reports on the rebuilding of the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany. Historical background of the Reichstag; Concern about bringing Parliament back to the edifice; Other debates in the restoration.

Features W. Michael Blumenthal, director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany. Comments from Blumenthal; Collaboration with Shaike Weinberg; Challenges confronting Blumenthal.

Reports on the support of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to build a memorial site for the commemoration of the Holocaust. Views of the ruling political parties in Germany on the issue; Schedule of the relocation of Germany's capital from Bonn to Berlin; Details on the issue.

Focuses on the talks of the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Germany with motion picture director Steven Spielberg over the possibility of housing his vast video history in the museum. Designer of the museum; Purpose of the museum for negotiating with Spielberg about the video.

Reports on the opening of the American Academy on a site marked by Nazi terror and dedicated to the trans-Atlantic partnership that raised Germany from the ruins of war. Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger's description of Adolf Hitler's rule; Information on the academy.

Reports on a Berlin court ruling allowing Muslim children to receive Islamic religious instruction in schools. Benefit for the Islamic Federation; Remarks from Barbara John, the city's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs; Multi-ethnicity of Germany; Federal state that has made religion a voluntary subject; Reason Berlin had barred Islamic instruction.