Memorial plaques (Gedenktafeln)
On many houses in Berlin you will find memorial plaques.The inscription is usually in German. They remind of famous people, who worked or lived here. Some remind of famous places. Here are a few examples: This memorial plaque reminds of Konrad Zuse, who built and developed from 1936-1944 the computers Z1 - Z4. The Z3 was the first computer, that really worked, it was launched in 1941. This memorial plaque is in Methfesselstreet.(Kreuzberg) The houses were Konrad Zuse used to work were destroyed during the war. In this house (Körnerstr 7) in Schöneberg stayed the writer Mark Twain in 1891/1892 In this cinema Berlin's free university was founded in 1948 (in Steglitz near Schloßstraße.) the famous writer, historican and publisher bookseller Friedrich Nicolai lived here Brüderstraße 13 in Bezirk Mitte