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Brandenburg Gate

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AddressUlitsa Bagrationa, 137, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236039
Height 2600 (cm)
Opened 1657
Construction started1788
Architects Carl Gotthard Langhans
Johann Gottfried Schadow
Did you knowThe closest subway station is Brandenburger Tor.
Ratings 4.7
Hours Open ⋅ Closes 9 PM
Phone +7 401 277-27-79
Architectural styles Gothic architecture
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The Brandenburg Gate is one of seven surviving city gates in Kaliningrad, the former German city of Königsberg. The gate is located on Bagration Street and is the only gate of Kaliningrad still in use for the intended purpose.

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By Tony Roe & Jennifer HarbyBBC East Midlands

Michael Goodwin was brought up by adoptive parents in Australia believing he was of Irish Catholic descent. He grew up wanting to find out something about His Mother . Now at The Age Of 80 he knows, At Last , The Truth about his real Family .

It was only in later life That Michael Goodwin discovered he was Jewish.

Having been adopted at The Age Of seven and raised by a middle-aged Australian couple, he had married, settled in Perth and started A Family of his own.

He was raised as a Catholic by his adoptive parents, who had been told he was of Irish descent.

And yet, within Him , he had a niggling Sense there were crucial parts of his story That were missing.

" I always wondered who I was, " said Michael .

He had tried to call on The Authorities at The Children 's Home where he had lived prior to his adoption to release paperwork about his Birth Family .

" There was a shut door, " He Said . " I couldn't find anything out whatsoever. "

Michael knew he had been brought to Australia from Britain, where he had lived prior to his adoption.

It was only when, in 2009 and 2010, for a policy of forced migration of children That Michael realised he was One of thousands of people it had happened to.

But he also heard about a group who might help Him - a UK-based charity named The Child Migrants Trust.

The Trust had been Set Up in 1987 by Dr Margaret Humphreys , a Nottinghamshire Social Worker , after She - often without The Knowledge of their Birth parents.

A film named Oranges and Sunshine,

Armed with his Birth name, his British passport and The Few facts he knew of his pre-adoption Identity - That he had arrived in Australia on a boat at The Age Of five, having been moved from an English children's Home to an Australian One - Michael approached The Trust 's office in Perth.

They began The Task of trawling The Records to try to uncover something about his background.

It turned out The Answer had - in some Sense - been staring them in The Face .

In The Office was a picture of a group of children on The deck of a boat in Australia after a long voyage.

They had managed to identify everyone in The picture, apart from The confused and sad-looking Little Boy with an oversized coat and scuffed shoes who had an arm placed around Him by a fellow migrant.

That child, it turned out, was Michael .

Michael had been born Michael Lachmann and - he learned - was of German Jewish descent.

His Mother , Ilse, had fled to England via Italy from Nazi Germany in 1939. Her parents and brother, who had remained in Germany, were murdered during The Holocaust .

And, tragically, Michael discovered She had wanted to give Him a Home .

" I realised That my Identity had been stolen, " He Said .

He learned His Mother had joined The services in The Fight against Hitler. During That Time , She had entered into a relationship with a soldier and subsequently fell pregnant.

She had put Michael into The care of a Catholic children's Home but in a letter, found by The Trust , She stated explicitly She wanted to give her son a Home when his father came back from The War .

Dr Humphreys said: " She wrote this very moving letter saying when Michael 's father returns from The War , we will collect our darling baby together and we will have Him Home and have a Happy Life . "

But when She went back to get Him , She was told he had been sent to Australia.

Michael Learned His Mother had followed Him to Australia but had never found Him . His name had been changed and he was living in Perth.

Ilse had died in Melbourne in 2009, The year before Michael had gone to The Trust for help.

However, The Trust has been able to support Michael to explore his Family History .

This month he and Dr Humphreys travelled to The City of Chemnitz in Germany, from where His Mother fled The Nazis More Than eight decades earlier.

" I just felt in my heart it was important for me to come and touch The ground where My Mother was, " He Said .

There, Michael visited a memorial to his grandparents and Uncle On The Site of His Family 's former Home .

He later travelled to The Jewish Cemetery in Chemnitz.

As he got there, it was bathed in autumn colours and sunshine. He gazed at The Tombs of his grandmother's side of The Family - The Franks .

" After All these years I can actually see where they are buried. It's wonderful, " He Said .

The City authorities, who were organising a memorial project, invited Michael to view a film they had made which featured members of his German Family .

For The First Time , he could see The faces of relatives he had never known existed.

" You've been going around for 80 years, not knowing all these people and Suddenly You 're learning about them, " He Said .

" It's such a big thing to do. . a great experience and emotional as well. You get The closure you need to be able to say 'I found where I Belong '. "

Some of them, he learned from researchers in Chemnitz, had ended up living in New York .

Shortly after finding this out, The Trust carried out its first online reunion.

They found an empty office building in The City with a giant TV screen for Michael to see and talk to - for The First Time - Birth relatives: his New York Family .

He learned his great aunt had escaped The Nazis too.

Although She was no longer alive, her daughters and other relatives were all on screen, waiting to greet Him .

His voice cracked as he waved and said: " Hello. How are you? "

" Welcome into The Family , " they replied.

He now hopes to keep In Touch with His Family and potentially use The travel fund Set Up by The British government for child migrants and administered by The Trust to meet them One Day in New York .

" I'd love to meet My Family , " He Said .

" This is The Greatest thing I have ever done - The Gift That I've got now to be able to say 'This is My Roots , this is where I come from, this is where My Family came from and I can get to know more about them'. "

On his final day in Germany, he went to The Holocaust Memorial near The Brandenburg Gate to remember The murdered Family he never met.

It is an imposing monument of flat-laid stones.

Even on a warm, Sunny Day , The towering stones carry a marked chill.

" It makes me sombre. Very sombre, " said Michael .

He had One More stop to make on his European journey. It was A Trip to Nottingham - Home of his Late Wife 's Family , who emigrated to Australia through choice.

It was also, by coincidence, The Home of The Charity That helped Him uncover his past and, hopefully give Him a new future.

He travelled to a tiny memorial by The Banks of The River Trent - a small plaque next to a tree.

This is dedicated to The 10,000 children who were separated from their families by The Child migration scheme.

As he looked at it, Michael 's thoughts were with His Family and his own children and grandchildren.

" They can have this legacy, my legacy, " He Said .



Source of news: bbc.com

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