Thoughts on the long-view of history on Election Day 2024 from the city of Hamburg, Germany.
The Hamburg City Hall, designed by Martin Haller in the 1880s. Haller came from a distinguished banking family of Jewish origin. Hallerstrasse, a street named after his family was renamed “Ostmarkstrasse”in the 1930s by the Nazis (in tribute to the annexation of Austria), but then reverted to its original title after World War II.
View of the city of Hamburg from the bridge of the brand-new HAPAG-Lloyd flagship Hamburg Express.
A bust of Albert Ballin (1857-1918) in the foyer of the HAPAG-Lloyd headquarters. After his legacy was systematically erased by the Nazis, the city of Hamburg has since restored this German Jew to his proper place in history.
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