Hamburg Trip Overview
On this tour we dive into one of the darkest periods of Hamburg’s history, an era which would change the face of this city and the world forever. We talk about the rise of the Nazi party as an event that is intrinsically linked to developments in the preceding decades as well as the 1930’s themselves. We witness visual manisfestations of the Nazi regime and hear some inspiring tales of resistance to it. All the while, we ponder over what purpose the past serves. For no nation can escape its history. And only those who face the past will stand in the future.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Hamburg, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
On this tour we dive into one of the darkest periods of Hamburg’s history, an era which would change the face of this city and the world forever. We talk about the rise of the Nazi party as an event that is intrinsically linked to developments in the preceding decades as well as the 1930’s themselves. We witness visual manisfestations of the Nazi regime and hear some inspiring tales of resistance to it. All the while, we ponder over what purpose the past serves. For no nation can escape its history. And only those who face the past will stand in the future.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Brahms Kontor, Johannes-Brahms-Platz 1, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
See an exemplary Kontrohaus in Hamburg’s brick expressionist tradition. Find out how deeply the defeat and disgrace in the WWI affected this city.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal, Sievekingplatz, 20355 Hamburg Germany
Learn more about the man who gave the German nation a united political identity and to whom contemporary Germany owes many of its promises and problems.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht, Sievekingpl. 2, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
Explore and understand Gloria Friedman’s famous installation “Here and Now”. Learn more about how the Nazis used law to achieve their nefarious ends.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Heiligengeistfeld, St. Pauli, Hamburg Germany
Witness a relic of the Nazi regime in one of its indestructable structures. Learn about the Operation Gomorrha – the Allied bombing of Hamburg that left a third of this city in rumbles.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Untersuchungshaftanstalt, Holstenglacis 3, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
The Nazis used death penalty as a tool to silence their adversaries. In Hamburg 500 executions were conducted. See the penal institutions selected for this and hear some inspiring tales of resistance to the Nazis.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Kriegerdenkmal am Dammtordamm, Dammtordamm 2 20354, 20354 Hamburg Germany
See a memorial to heroes of a war and counter memorials to the horrors of war. A tale of bureaucratic submission, but also of creative resistance.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hamburgische Staatsoper, Grosse Theaterstr. 25, 20354 Hamburg Germany
See the oldest continuing opera institution in Germany and learn about how the country came up with a banal yet powerful way to come to terms with its past.
Duration: 10 minutes
