Visits to key sites such as the New Synagogue, the Hackman Hoffe, and various memorials dedicated to Jewish history provide a deeper understanding of Jewish life in Berlin before, during, and after the Nazi era. Read more Lowest price guaranteeReserve now & pay laterFree canc...
Low level German and Soviet diplomats had a friendly dinner together in Berlin, Germany, their discussions lasting a little after midnight. They concluded that a treaty between Germany and Soviet would mean peace in Eastern Europe, and that the Soviet Union should be aware of the United Kingdom...
(photos courtesy Mark Grootendorst)Joseph Goebbels' Ministry of Propaganda stood prominently on Wilhelmstraße, across the street from the old Reichs Chancellery. During building construction just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, a dreary East German building was erected in the open...
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After filling my brain, it was time to fill my belly. Berlin is a city where the food scene is as eclectic as its history and it is the birthplace of the undisputed champion of rainy-day snacks: currywurst. Legend has it that Herta Heuwer concocted this masterpiece in 1949 with a mix...
🤫 Insider tip: go before 10am, and 9am on weekends, to have the famous spot to yourself. That’s especially if you want to snap a good photo, as things get seriously packed out after that. Book now Advertising 9. Paddle on a floating barge at Badeschiff Photograph: Jens Schwan on...
My friends and me had a really pleasant and funny tour with our guide Darren, around Berlin and some of its historical pubs. There, we could try historical Berliner beers, even tried by Napoleon and beers tastes that I had never tried before. This was together with backgrounds on importa...
before the defeat of Nazi Germany was complete and Hitler’s Third Reich lay in ruins – a year of murderous struggle in the hedgerows of the bocage, exhilaration at the liberation of Paris, tragedy in the ill-fated Operation Market Garden and panic as the Wehrmacht stunned the Allies with ...
What to bring:Camera. Beer. A torch. A few sandwiches. It’s a long walk from the station. Dangers:It’s not as dangerous since the previous tenants covered holes and blocked off areas from which you could plunge to your death. It’snot as exciting either, but the street art helps ma...
However, as I said, Potsdamer Platz was once a cultural and social centre of both Berlin and Europe. This is what it looked like before the war: The buildings you will need to recognise and remember are the Furstenhof Hotel (three turrets at left), Haus Vaterland (domed building partly ...