”I cannot possibly eat as much as I would want to puke.“
Max Liebermann, Jewish painter, watching the SA march through Brandenburg Gate in January 1933
» Third Reich Berlin Tour
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The legacy of Berlin was altered forever between 1933 and 1945 when it served as the Nazi capital. With vicious street violence and sophisticated propaganda, the Nazis conquered the cosmopolitan capital of the Weimar Republic with its buzzing liberal, artistic, and communist elements. |
Hitler transformed Berlin into the centrepiece of his future empire and the headquarters for the massive war effort that would terrorize Europe. Our tour of Nazi Berlin brings you close to the massive personalities, the crucial places and the imposing buildings that dominated Berlin during the Nazi regime. | Prices & Booking
» Tour Options: Duration and Means of Transport
What is the optimal tour duration?
Allow at least 3 hours for a general overview. For an in-depth tour with time for discussion we recommend 4-5 hours.
Walking tour, bike tour, van or bus tour?
As most of the sites on the tour are located in Berlin Mitte, this tour is ideal for a walking tour, but can of course offered as a guided van, bus or bike tour as well.
Price for our sightseeing tours
Our private guided tours cost 45-75 Euros per hour for a walking tour, depending on group size and duration. For more information see Prices & Booking
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» Selected Major Sights: Third Reich Berlin Tour
The Reichstag: After Hitler came to power only Nazis could be members of Parliament, and the institution became, as the joke ran, the "most expensive choral society in Germany". In 1933 the Reichstag burned down. It served as a hospital delivery room, and a few hundred Berliners were born here. Finally, in 1945, it was the last stronghold of fanatic SS-troops fighting the oncoming Red army to the last man standing.
Goebbels’ Propaganda Ministry: This building opened in 1936. Goebbels gave his famous speeches in a special 'microphone room' inside. It was the combination of the use of sophisticated technology and psychology and the evil of the Nazi ideology that made this ministry such a frightening institution. The building survived the war almost undamaged: today the Secretary of labour has his seat here.
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Chancellery of the Reich: When Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 he complained that the Chancellery would be more appropriate to house the owner of a soap company. He ordered his favourite architect, Albert Speer, to build a new Chancellery, which was finished in 1939. The place was designed to impress foreign visitors. As Hitler said, "Whoever enters the Chancellery has to feel he is facing the rulers of the world.“ Let's have a look what is left of the architecture... |
Goering's Air Ministry: The imposing command centre from which the Luftwaffe wreaked havoc on European cities. It was nearly untouched by allied bombing and Soviet shelling. The legacy of Goering, the “prince of the Nazi state, “ or, as the people of Berlin called him, '”the golden pheasant", retains a pronounced physical presence in Berlin. The former minister committed suicide shortly before the death sentence he received at the Nuremberg trials was to be carried out. |
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Opera Square: In May 1933, Nazi Storm Troopers and students of the nearby University burned 30 000 books on this site. When heavy rain almost put out the fire the burning the fire department of Berlin brought more fuel to the scene. The books of Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Heinrich Mann and many others were burned here. The same night, Goebbels gave one of his hate-mongering speeches. Today the square is home to a memorial commemorating this first step taken by the Nazis in destroying German and human culture. |
Fuehrerbunker: As if he knew what was to come, Hitler gave orders to enlarge the bunker next to the new chancellery in the 1930s. The last construction work was completed in January 1945. When Hitler moved permanently to his underground refuge, he still had to walk through puddles of oil and over wet concrete. Hidden here with his staff, he continued to dream of final victory. Today a restaurant and a supermarket can be found where Hitler had planned to found Germania. |
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Topography of Terror: The site of the SS and Gestapo headquarters. A powerful exhibition on crimes committed by the Nazis is now housed in the excavated prison cells once used for the so-called "intensified questioning" of political opponents of the Nazi regime. This is where the Holocaust was planned, and where Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Himmler had their offices. Why did the German public ignore this place until the end of the 1970s? |
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