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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 9 (December 1, 1939)

“Embellished and Blighted by Nazism.”

“Embellished and Blighted by Nazism.”

Berlin is a beautiful city, being at the same time both embellished and blighted by Nazism. The streets, the parks, the fine lakes, the rich art treasures, the magnificent monuments and the fine buildings are of the old Germany. Now the city is being modernised on a grand scale. There is tremendous building and roading activity. Two of the recent buildings, the new Chancellery and the Air Ministry, are colossal and were put up in a few months. One of the main streets runs in a straight line for eighteen miles, and for most of its length it is wide enough for about twelve streams of traffic. The famous “Unter den Linden” is a section of this street. It is interesting that the name means “under the limes” but the original lime trees that grew there have been cut down because their roots interfered with the underground railway under the street. New trees have been planted but, for the most part, they are only a few inches high.