A 10-metre-high Jewish menorah lit up Berlin's 234-year-old Brandenburg Gate, once a symbol of Nazi powerA composite image of the Brandenburg Gate, as photographed in 1941 with Nazi banners and in 2022 with a Jewish menorah in front of it.Commissioned in the late 1700s, Berlin's only surviving historical city gate was once seen as a symbol of Nazi power.
Rabbis Yehuda Teichtal and Shmuel Segal sing and dance as they consecrate a giant menorah in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on December 16, 2022, as preparations are under way for Hanukkah , an eight-day Jewish celebration.The Brandenburg Gate was commissioned by Prussian Emperor Frederick William II in the late 1700s and was Berlin's first Greek revival building. At 26 metres high and 65 metres long, it was built to symbolise peace and unity in Europe.
Napoleon's entrance into the city of Berlin, via the Brandenburg Gate, Germany, 27th October 1806. Published 1825.