Third Reich
Quick Overview
Description
Time
10:00 daily
14:30 June, July, August
Duration
3 hours
Meeting Point
Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin
Prices
Adult
18-64
€19.90
Senior / Student / Youth
65+ and 13-17
€17.90
WelcomeCard
€17.90
Children
12 and under
free
Required Transport Ticket
AB single trip
Highlights
- In-depth analysis on the rise and fall of Hitler and the Third Reich
- Life in Berlin during World War II
- Walk down Wilhelm Strasse, the location where the Nazi’s had many ministries, from which they plotted the subjugation of all of Europe
- Learn of the destruction Berlin experienced during the WW2, and how Germany confronts its’ past through memorials, monuments and education today.
- See the site of where Goering and his Luftwaffe (airforce) ministry, where the bombing of European cities during WW2 was planned from.
- Blow by blow account of the final days of the war – The battle for Berlin
- Stand above Hitler’s bunker and hear about the last days of the war in the bunker and how Hitler committed suicide in 1945.
- Go to the Bendler Block, the old military HQ during WW2, which today houses the German Resistance museum
Starting Point
Meet at our guide on the square next to the Palace of Tears, Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin.
Description
Visit the infamous sites which are forever etched with the stain of their Nazi past. Your expert guide will give you an in-depth view on how this city played a pivotal role in the rise and fall of the Third Reich.
Follow the route of the Soviet attack towards the final battle for the Reichstag. Discover the remains of the ‘Thousand-Year Reich’: Goering’s Airforce Ministry, Goedell’s propoganda ministry and the ruins of Himmler’s SS and Gestapo HQ at the ‘Topography of Terror’ exhibition.
Visit the site where Hitler’s Reich Chancellery stood and the exact location of the Führer Bunker – we provide a step-by-step account of Hitler’s suicide, the last days spent in the bunker, and the fate of his remains.
Learn about the brave resistance movement in Germany and hear your guide explain their stories and plans to assasinate Hitler and bring the brutal Nazi dictatorship to an end.
Experience the location where the last battle in Berlin took place before the unconditionally surrendered of Germany in 1945. See the Soviet war memorial, where Soviet tanks and field artillery still stand as a reminder of the Soviet victory in Berlin in 1945.
Finishing Point
Tour finishes near the site of Hitler’s Bunker.
Insider Route
The following sites are an example of our approximate route on this tour. You will see and learn stories about all these sites and many more! The route may change any day, given circumstances on the day.
- Meeting Point: on the square next to the Palace of Tears, Reichstagufer 17
- Potsdamer Platz, site of Nazi peoples court, the infamous “Volksgerichtshof”
- The former Airforce Ministry of Hermann Göring
- Topography of Terror, site of the old HQ of the SS, Gestapo and SD.
- Anhalter Bahnhof, old site of where 9600 jews were deported from.
- Nazi Railways Bunker
- Federal Ministry of Defence
- German Resistance Memorial – Bendlerblock, location of where many resistors were executed.
- Berliner Philharmonie -T4 Memorial dedicated to the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Programme
- Reichstag house of parliament, location of suspicious Reichstag fire of 1933
- The site of Hitler’s Bunker and suicide
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