Category: Europe

News from Berlin: The House of One

The House of One is a building project in Berlin that will house a synagogue, a mosque, and a church under one roof. Building is set to begin in 2016.

Martin Buber

Martin Buber was a Jewish philosopher and theologian who had a profound impact on both Jewish and Christian thinking. He embodied the ideal of dialogue and understanding between people of different faiths and even conflicting interests. He felt that faith could play a positive role in creating a more humane world.

Anne Frank

Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl whose diary told the story of her and her family hiding from the Nazis during Hitler’s reign. Her diary expressed a horror beyond words and at the same time brought a brilliantly simple articulation of hope to so many in despair.

Ernst Barlach

Ernst Barlach was a German artist and staunch pacifist during World War I. Barlach’s masterpiece Magdeburger Ehrenmal depicts the horrors of war.

Edith Cavell

Edith Cavell was an English nurse who helped smuggle soldiers—regardless of nationality—to neutral Holland during World War I. She was eventually executed by the Germans for violating German military law.