#berlin germany

[starshapedoasis]

He really can never resist

[dankomaksimovic]

ph. Danko Maksimovic - Berlin, Germany (2023)

Film: Kodak Ultramax 400

[dandandanny]

My Favourite TV Characters.

CHARACTER: Wolfgang Bogdanow

PLAYED BY: Max Riemelt

SHOW: Sense8 (2015-2018)

This safecracking criminal from Berlin grew up around violence and crime, yet he still turned out to be a good person. Wolfgang is a sensate and is not only beautiful to look at, he is tough and a little pragmatic but he is incredibly loyal and vulnerable. He doesn't really have much too say (especially in group situations), but when he does speak it's worth listening too.

Played by gorgeous German actor Max Riemelt, Wolfgang was a favourite of mine from the get go.

*images are from Google Images

[girlactionfigure]

In 1942 Berlin, an ordinary German woman named Frieda Szturmann made a choice that could have cost her life.

She wasn’t rich, powerful, or famous—just a regular person you’d pass on the street without notice. 

Around her, the Nazis hunted Jews, and helping even one could mean prison or death. Most looked away. Frieda did not.

Her friend, Egyptian doctor Mohamed Helmy, was secretly hiding a Jewish family. When they needed a safe place for an elderly grandmother Cecilie, Frieda opened her home. 

For over a year, she hid Cecilie inside her house, sharing her own meager wartime rations so the frightened woman wouldn’t go hungry. 

Day after day, Frieda went without, living in constant terror of a knock at the door.

Then the danger intensified. In 1944, part of the family was captured. 

Under interrogation, they revealed that Dr. Helmy was hiding young Anna. Frieda didn’t hesitate—she took Anna in too.

Thanks to Frieda’s quiet courage and the doctor’s bravery, the entire family survived.

What makes her story even more remarkable: while she risked everything to save Jews, her own son was serving as a soldier in Hitler’s army. 

She knew exactly what her country was doing—and chose the opposite.

After the war, Frieda sought no praise. To her, it was simply her human duty. She rarely spoke of it. She died quietly in the early 1960s, largely unknown.

But the family never forgot. Years later, Berlin’s mayor thanked her for protecting the persecuted at the risk of her own life. 

Long after her death, Frieda was honored as one of the Righteous Among the Nations.

Frieda had no power, no wealth, no grand plan—only a home, a kind heart, and the courage to use them. And that was enough to save lives.

Stories like hers remind us that heroism doesn’t require greatness. It only requires ordinary people willing to do what is right.

May her memory be a blessing.

@HenshiG

[krakrava]

[sun-blood-red]

Berlin…

[booksandglitter]

first cherry blossoms I caught in Berlin this spring <3

[loveintensely]

Jonathan Bailey at the Jurassic World Rebirth Berlin🇩🇪 premiere, June 2025🖤😍🥵😮‍💨🫠🐈‍⬛🔥❤️‍🔥🔥❤️‍🔥🔥