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Michelle Obama and her daughters visit Berlin Wall, Holocaust memorial
Michelle Obama hugs her daughter Sasha as they arrive to visit the Holocaust Memorial.Joerg Carstensen / AFP - Getty Images
By David R Arnott
First lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha (right) and Malia visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany, on June 19, 2013.Bernd Von Jutrczenka / EPA
First lady Michelle Obama and her daughters toured some of Berlin's most iconic sites on Wednesday as President Obama prepared to make a major speech at the Brandenburg Gate. The first family landed in the German capital on Tuesday evening to a red carpet and honor guard welcome.
Barack Obama's half sister, Auma Obama, who lived in Germany for many years, joined Michelle, Malia and Sasha as they paid respects at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and visited a remaining segment of the Berlin Wall.
The first family disembarks from Air Force One at Berlin Tegel airport on June 18, 2013.Odd Andersen / AFP - Getty ImagesMichelle Obama hugs her daughter Sasha as they arrive to visit the Holocaust Memorial.Joerg Carstensen / AFP - Getty ImagesMichelle Obama visits the Berlin Wall memorial Bernauer Strasse with her husband's half sister Auma Obama (2nd right) and Joachim Sauer (3rd right), the husband of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Tobias Schwarz / ReutersMichelle Obama lays flowers at the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Street.Ronny Hartmann / AFP - Getty ImagesSasha, left, and Malia look through a crack in the remains of the Berlin Wall.Markus Schreiber / AP