Berlin, Germany
Soviet Memorial (Sowjetisches Ehrenmal)
For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.
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Berlin, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism
A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Victory Column
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Berlin, Germany
Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg
This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.
Berlin, Germany
Friedrichsfelde Socialist Cemetery
The final resting place of many of Germany's most famous communists.
Berlin, Germany
German-Russian Museum
A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.
Berlin, Germany
Marx and Engels Forum
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Berlin, Germany
The DDR Museum
A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Pergamon Museum
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
