Berlin, Germany
The Bendlerblock
After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.
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Berlin, Germany
German Resistance Memorial Center
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.
Berlin, Germany
Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind
A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.
Berlin, Germany
Haus Schwarzenberg Street Art Alley
A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.
Berlin, Germany
Stadtbahn Viaduct World War II Damage
Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.
Berlin, Germany
‘Trains to Life – Trains to Death’
A haunting contrast of trains that both saved and took the lives of Jewish children in Nazi Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Moses Mendelssohn Memorial
The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.
Berlin, Germany
Friede sei mit Dir
This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.
Berlin, Germany
Führerbunker Parking Lot
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
Berlin, Germany
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Sternenwächter
A statue of an astronomer gazes at the sky as a tribute to Caroline Herschel.
Berlin, Germany
Nilpferdbrunnen
A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Story Bunker
This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Haus des Lehrers
A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.
Berlin, Germany
Aufbau der Republik
One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Wall Memorial
The largest stretch of the Berlin Wall is right on top of the former SS headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Bent Metal on Two Cars
Likely the world’s only place where you’re meant to skate on top of cars.
Berlin, Germany
DDR Watch Tower
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
Berlin, Germany
Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials
Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.
Berlin, Germany
Weltzeituhr
Check the time in 145 countries at once with this East German relic.
Berlin, Germany
Pressecafé Mural
A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.
Berlin, Germany
'The Dance of Death'
At one of Berlin’s oldest churches, visitors can place mosaic tiles to help restore a medieval mural.
