Third Reich Berlin
Quick Overview
Description
Time
Choose your start time
Duration
2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 hours
Meeting Point
The lobby of your hotel
Prices
2 hr
€195
3hr
€225
4hr
€280
6hr
€390
8hr
€480
Highlights
- Get picked up from your hotel and delve into Berlin’s Nazi past with your professional tour guide
- Learn about the rise of the Nazis, life in a dictatorship, and the final Battle for Berlin and Hitler’s suicide
- You’ll see sights like the site of Hitler’s Bunker, German Resistance Museum – location of Stauffenberg’s execution, the Reichstag,.
- Templehof Airport, old Nazi airport
- Olympic stadium, where the 1936 Olympics took place
- Platform 17, massive memorial dedicated to the deportation of 50,000 Jews from Berlin
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Soviet War Memorial in the Tiergarten
Begin your tour with a hotel pickup and learn about the failure of the Weimar Republic and the factors that led to Hitler’s seizure of power in 1933. Hear stories of resistance and compliance during Hitler’s reign of terror. Discover the remains of the “Thousand-Year Reich”. See Goering’s Airforce Ministry, where the Luftwaffe coordinated the Battle of Britain, as well as the site of Goebbels’ Propaganda Ministry and the ruins of Himmler’s SS and Gestapo HQ at the ‘Topography of Terror’ exhibition.
Learn about Hitler’s office built by Albert Speer in 1939, which is where Hitler had his second bunker built between 1943/44. We give you the details of his final days before Hitler’s suicide in 1945 and how the Germans struggle with memorialising this space today.
Enter the building which housed the German Military High Command, now the German Resistance museum, also known as the Bendler Block. Go into the room were Hitler outlined his plans for war and hear about Claus von Stauffenberg – known for Operation Valkyrie, the failed assassination attempt on Hitler in 1944.
Follow the route of the Soviet attack towards the final battle for the Berlin and marvel at the Soviet Memorial, flanked with T-34/76 Tanks and Red Army Howitzers. Then walk to the Reichstag, and discuss the history of this fascinating building – it’s journey from the German Empire, through the failed Weimar Republic, to the 1933 fire and rise of the Nazis, all the way to Germany’s current day democratic hub.
Depending on the duration of the tour, you could travel out to the 1936 Olympic stadium and see the location where Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals in front of a furious Adolf Hitler. See the Olympic bell tower and enjoy the amazing views over the city of Berlin. You can also travel to the massive Nazi airport, the Templehof airport and learn about which warplanes were built there and how the Berliners use this space today.
At the conclusion of your tour your guide can give you tips on how best to maximise your remaining time in Berlin.
Choose between a 2, 3, 4, 6 or 8 hour tour that includes a hotel pickup and professional tour guide!
Example Itinerary
The following sites are examples of places to see on this tour. Your exact route will depend on your hotel pickup point, but this list should give you a good idea of what to expect!
- The Reichstag
- The site of Hitler’s Bunker
- The Soviet War Memorial
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Görings Airforce Ministry
- Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism
- The Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
- Goebbels Propaganda Ministry
- The German Resistance Museum
- HQ of the Euthenasia, T4 Memorial
- Typography of Terror
- Anhalter Deportation train station
- Railways Bunker
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