This 4-hour walking tour transports you to a time when Berlin was the dark heart of Nazi Germany – the capital city of a dictatorship that industrially murdered millions, and waged a war that destroyed swathes of the European continent.
Why did the Germans think they needed Adolf Hitler in 1933? How could a civilised people fall so deep into the moral abyss? Why were Jews and other minority groups, both in Germany and across Europe, ruthlessly targeted? What is the legacy of Nazism in Germany today?
This tour answers such questions, giving crucial context regarding the rise of Adolf Hitler in pre-Nazi Germany, providing a comprehensive overview of the National Socialist capital, and telling the dramatic tale of the Battle of Berlin and the collapse of the regime in 1945.
Our guides, experts in the field, will walk you through the old Nazi government quarter where the former Reich Aviation Ministry, an imposing example of Nazi architecture, still stands. You will pass the site of the former SS and Gestapo Headquarters, what would have been the most feared complex in all of Nazi Germany, and stand at the site of Hitler’s Führerbunker, where history’s most notorious criminal committed suicide.
You will explore the former Jewish Quarter, to see the New Synagogue, a target during the pogroms of 1938, and the Stolpersteine – poignant memorials to victims of Nazism. You will also learn about the atrocities of the National Socialist regime at both the Jewish and Roma and Sinti Memorials. Your experience ends at the Reichstag, where the Soviet flag fluttered over the ruins of the Nazi capital at the end of the Battle of Berlin and World War II.
Your guide will then accompany you back to your hotel, or to a drop-off point of your choosing. They will also give you tips and recommendations to help you make the most out of your stay.
As always your experience can be tailored to you, so please let us know if you have any special requests or needs. We are also more than happy to help you with restaurant reservations and museum or gallery visits.
Please note: this tour requires the use of public transportation. These costs are not included in the price of the tour.
Sights included: Reichstag, Jewish Memorial, site of Hitler’s Bunker, Soviet War Memorial, former Reich Aviation Ministry, site of the former SS and Gestapo Headquarters, former Jewish Quarter and more…
