Herrmannplatz is place in Berlin to visit to really understand
I would suggest to everyone, no matter if it is someone from Germany or a forein country, to visit the "Herrmannplatz".
It´s in the part of "Neukölln" where the famous street "Sonnenallee" is. The amount of non-germans is pretty high.
If you read/watch news you get the impression that this place is not a good place to be or that it´s dangerous.
Some people like it, some people don´t. I have both feelings.
But if you visit Berlin what you should do in my opinion beside of walking around in that area, to go into the underground station where the U7/U8 drives and just stay there for 30 minutes or longer to let the deeper emotions emerge. In that little time there will be people cross you, like half of the nations of the world or so, and i´m not talking about tourists.
You will definetly get a specific feeling. For me it´s in general too filthy/blistered but a home feeling.