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Hi, I’m Mary,
I'm a professional tour guide specialising in history of ideologies and XIX/XX century Europe and political science.
I have lived in Berlin for 4 years now, gaining first tour guiding experience working for the commercial market leader.
I grew up in Warsaw where my Jewish/Polish roots and family’s experience pointed me towards a keen interest in European history.
I studied on Warsaw University's Collegium MISH, which allows students with broad academic interests to combine classes from all faculties into individual, interdisciplinary program.
I was fortunate to learn from some of the best contemporary historians, sociologists and others - this gave me very high level of understanding of modern history and strong ability to analyse its outcomes.
Later, working as a journalist fixer, I was able to exchange experience with journalists from all around the world and many cultural contexts, and practice explaining complex socio-historical subjects in a approachable but thorough way.
In the world experiencing so much political tension, I decided to dedicate my life to passing on as much of this knowledge as possible.
Now I offer my independent tours trying to counter the current trend of maximising profit by sacrificing historical accuracy. After deregulation of the profession it became the norm to advertise problematic or even misleading narratives as representing the highest academic quality. It is easy to exploit the fact that guests, who almost never are trained historians, simply "don't know what they don't know".
My goal is to combine my education, professional and family backgrounds to deliver understandable explanation of even most complex processes and phenomena that shaped Germany and the world as it is today.
I hope you will join me and haven not only entertaining, but truly valuable experience on my tour.
One of the best free walking tours I have ever been on. Mary did a great job at talking about major historical (and actual) topics in depth. I also appreciated her more personal approach to this. On top of that, Mary was very considerate in terms of physical comfort. All in all, I'd heartily recommend this year!
Mary is a passionate, caring and compassionate person, she is clearly incredibly intelligent and provides great context for the history of Berlin and how it sits within the contemporary world whilst also sharing her lived experience which is powerful
Mary is a passionate and knowledgeable guide who gives her analysis on Berlin history and its relevance to the present. A different, thought provoking and enjoyable experience.
Not the typical tour. Mary has a deep knowledge and understanding about the last century history and politics in Berlin. She gives a personal approach which made it very interesting to me. This is not the typical "quick and easy" tour to get to the main touristic attractions, take a nice picture and continue. It's more about getting to know the reality and sometimes the not-so-nice past of Germany and Berlin. I really enjoyed it
Mary is a very enthusiastic and involved guide who mingles her personal family story with European history, especially German, fascism and communist/USSR/DDR history. A connection between the history and the contemporary global political and social direction we are experiencing today is made and obvious. This all is familiar to us and it is always shocking to feel and see what huge destructions of nazism, communism, capitalism and nationalism brought us and bring us today in Israel, USA, Europe, Ukraine and Iran. History is repeating itself and we can see and feel how Mary is emotionally involved by this. Fortunately we have democratic systems which can be frustrating but also standing against anti-democratic forces like we see in Hungary today. Thank you for being our guide!
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