Stasi and Faust

10/3/2013 - Leipzig, Germany

Leipzig was the home of many composers, including Bach, Mendelssohn, and Robert Schumann. It's also where the protests began in East Germany that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. 

It was strange going back and forth between the two all day: I walked to a museum of West/East German history, then to the cathedral with Bach's grave, then a Stasi Museum, then the cafe that Robert Schumann frequented. I ended the day at a bar called "Mephisto," outside of a restaurant where Goethe set a scene of the classic Faust. 

Pictured: The wall at the Stasi Museum, a former headquarters for the East German secret police.