Berlin Trip Overview
Discover the final days of World War 2 on this half-day walking tour of Berlin. Learn all about the events leading up to Germany’s final surrender as you visit the city’s most significant historical sites with your knowledgeable guide. Learn about the Soviet attack as you follow the route toward the final battlefield for the Reichstag, see the site of Hitler’s bunker, and discover from where the German Luftwaffe was coordinated. Hear how WW2 developed and how life was for the people at that time, especially those who opposed the regime, and discover how the cruelties came to an end in 1945.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Discover the final days of World War 2 on this half-day walking tour of Berlin. Learn all about the events leading up to Germany’s final surrender as you visit the city’s most significant historical sites with your knowledgeable guide. Learn about the Soviet attack as you follow the route toward the final battlefield for the Reichstag, see the site of Hitler’s bunker, and discover from where the German Luftwaffe was coordinated. Hear how WW2 developed and how life was for the people at that time, especially those who opposed the regime, and discover how the cruelties came to an end in 1945.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Berlin Friedrichstrasse Station, Georgenstr. 14/17, 10117 Berlin Germany
Start the tour here with an introduction on the Third Reich
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Trains To Life Trains To Death, Georgenstrasse 14 Berlin Friedrichstrasse station, 10117 Berlin Germany
Learn about the fates of Jewish children after the Nazi’s seized power
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
Battle for Berlin, Soviet Flag raising, German Government Quarter
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Potsdamer Platz Tiegarten, 10785 Berlin Germany
Location of the People’s Court in Berlin, where the infamous Roland Freisler sentenced thousands to death
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Topography of Terror, Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, 10963 Berlin Germany
Old HQ of Gestapo, SS and he SD Nazi institutions of terror
Pass By: Niederkirchnerstraße, Berlin, Germany
German Finance Ministry. Building originally built for Hermann Goering and his ariforce. The old airforce ministry of Nazi Germany.
Pass By: Anhalter Bahnhof, Stresemannstrasse, 10963 Berlin Germany
One old station site where 1000’s of victims of Nazi persecution where deported from during the reign of Nazi Tyranny.
Stop At: German Resistance Memorial Center, Stauffenbergstr. 11-13, 10785 Berlin Germany
Bendler Bloc, Stauffenberg, Headquarters of the German High Command in WW2 (OKH), German members of the resistance, German defence ministry
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: T4 – Memorial for the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Program, Tiergartenstr. 4, 12683 Berlin Germany
Stand on the location where the Headquarters of the Euthanasia Organisation was situated, and where the decisions were made which ended the lives of hundreds and thousands of people
Duration: 7 minutes
Stop At: Hitler’s Bunker, Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, 10117 Berlin Germany
Stand above the location of where Hitler spent the last days of WW2, the site of Hitler’s Bunkers, location of Hitler’s old Reich Chancellory, which was built by Albert Speer
Duration: 10 minutes
