Jasmunder Strasse was a short street, only three or four blocks long and close to the cemetery. Like much of West Berlin, it was in the midst of renovation and rebuilding, economic growth driving the city’s renaissance. Most of the street had been destroyed during the war and, as Tony Marino walked along the avenue, he passed new apartment buildings, each a bit different, some of brick, others of smooth cement painted different colors, and a few more faced with stucco. Balconies jutted from some of the newer buildings, decorated with potted plants that splashed color across the urban landscape.
Jasmunder StrasseSixteen Jasmunder Strasse sat in a row of turn-of-the-century townhouses, ten narrow units in total. The last four, those closest to the intersection, had suffered damage during th
