Berlin Zoological Garden
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Oct 15, 2026
Andrew BulkleyHOST
It is on...
Andrew BulkleyHOST
What do you think it would be? Uh, Zoologischer Garten.
Maurice FrankHOST
Mm-hmm.
Andrew BulkleyHOST
Like, a block... or that block east of Boxi.
Tim Travers HawkinsGUEST
It started with, you know, the Hagenbecks, with this big family in Frankfurt, and then A lot of the zoos were run by families, especially in Germany.
Tim Travers HawkinsGUEST
So her great-grandfather and her grandfather had been directors at the Berlin Zoo.
Tim Travers HawkinsGUEST
And her grandfather had been there as the director when the Nazis came to power.
Tim Travers HawkinsGUEST
Not only that, but her grandfather had this incredible passion, I'd say almost a calling, he wanted to bring back extinct animals, which, you know, obviously sounds to us just straight out of Jurassic Park, right? But essentially, you know, the German identity is so related to the forest, right? The sort of Teutonic nation that came from the forest and a lot of the lore around the Germanic nation comes from the forest.
Rufus HoundGUEST
Well, I didn't find that I was having that much fun.
Rufus HoundGUEST
I ended up going to Berlin Zoo.
Rufus HoundGUEST
Nice.
Rufus HoundGUEST
And reading a book
Inge KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I loved particularly gymnastics and I was quite good at them.
Inge KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I often say I grew up in the Berlin Zoo because I used to play there.
Inge KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Not only that I do the animals well, but you see in European cities, children are taken for walks, which is very different and also very different from England.
Inge KingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But in this park or in this area, I mean, we had a great deal of freedom and we played games and we had a lot of fun.
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