World War II in Berlin

A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

A helicopter memorial commemorating what was once the only way to access this West Berlin exclave.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

Art installations, derelict railcars, and endangered grasshoppers all call this south Berlin park home.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.