The Berliner Dom, the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, and the ideologgical manipulation of space in postwar Berlin. From: East European Quarterly | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Alvis, Robert E. | COPYRIGHT 1997 East European Quarterly. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The way the ruins of two German churches, the Berliner Dom and the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche, were dealt with after World War II show how East and West Germany dealt with the role of religion in society. East Germany chose to restore and modify the Dom to portray the government's respect for German history and socialism's superiority. In West Berlin the views of the people, not the government or the church, ultimately determined that the Gedachtniskirche would be restored.

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