Top 10 WW2 Sites to Visit in Berlin!

11 places in this vlog

In the order they appear. Tap a time to play it here, or ↗ to open YouTube at that second.

1. 0:49

   Reichstag Building

   🏢 Landmark · Tiergarten

   Battle scars from the 1945 Soviet assault are still visible on the building despite extensive renovation.

2. 2:09

   Brandenburg Gate

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte

   For Hitler's 50th birthday in 1939, the gate and surrounding area were draped in Nazi flags and eagles.

3. 2:26

   Unter den Linden

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte · brief mention

   In April 1939 it was lined with Nazi flags and swastika-adorned pillars for Hitler's 50th birthday.

4. 2:54

   Neue Wache

   🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

5. 4:06

   Bebelplatz

   🏢 Landmark · Mitte

   A memorial here carries Heinrich Heine's quote: where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people.

6. 5:31

   Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)

   🏛️ Historic site · Tiergarten

   Battle scarring is still visible on the monument.

7. 6:48

   Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

   🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

8. 7:40

   Führerbunker Site

   🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

9. 9:35

   Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus (former Luftwaffe Headquarters)

   🏛️ Historic site · Mitte

   The building survived the war with only minor damage and now houses the German tax office.

10. 10:35

    Topography of Terror

    🏛️ Museum · Kreuzberg

    The museum is free to enter and can take three to four hours if you read everything.

11. 12:08

    Anhalter Bahnhof

    🏛️ Historic site · Kreuzberg

    The S-Bahn station underneath goes straight back to central Berlin.