So, what is it actually like to live on or visit Pommernstrasse today? It is a study in contrasts.
Behind number 21, a playground. The swings are too low to the ground; the slide is made of metal that burns in summer and freezes tongues in winter. A sign says Stadtteilspielplatz (District Playground), but no one plays. Teenagers sit on the roundabout, smoking, scrolling through phones. They have no idea what Pommern means. “Some old Nazi stuff,” one boy says. Another shrugs. “My grandmother came from there. She never talks about it.” pommernstrasse
One of the defining features of is its residential architecture. Most of the buildings date from 1890 to 1910 and follow the classic Berliner Mietshaus (tenement house) design. So, what is it actually like to live
In Tornesch, for example, the naming of serves as a direct reminder of the post-war period. The swings are too low to the ground;