Berlin's New National Galerie

The opening of the new National Galerie in Berlin in September 1968 represented an event of international significance. Politically it was a demonstration of the will of the people of West Germany to maintain the continuity of this city as the center of cultural life in Germany. Through the glass walls of the building the eyes take in the vicinity of ‘the Wall:’ divider of the two Germanies. An entire cultural center is going up in this previously trackless No Man's land, wiped out during the bombing war, which now includes a Staatsbibliothek, various museums and the famous concert hall built by Berlin's most imaginative architect, Hans Scharoun.