BERLIN QUOTE OF THE DAY: KURT TUCHOLSKY

Anhalter Bahnhof seen from the railway bridge spanning the Landwehrkanal, with Hochbahn (now U1) bridge above it. Photo: Willy Pragher, Landesarchiv Baden-Wuerttemberg Staatsarchiv Freiburg W 134 Nr. 003401 Bild 1 (5-94347-1), CC 3.0.

"Every year when summer freshness fills the air, even a Berliner finally understands what it means to enjoy Life. He gives it a try - for four weeks - and fails, because he never learnt and does no know what it means to live.

So when, to his great joy, he finally lands at the Anhalter Bahnhof again, he sends his regular tram a playful wink and rejoices in the fact that he is back in Berlin. Enjoying Life is already forgotten."

Ignaz Wrobel (Kurt Tucholsky) Berlin! Berlin! , “Berliner Tageblatt” on 21.07.1919, Nr. 332