Berlin Historical Nazi Regime Walking Tour

Berlin was the dark heart of Nazi Germany – the capital city of a dictatorship that was responsible for waging a war that destroyed swathes of the European continent and industrially murdering millions.
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 Jewish 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.

Meeting Point

Am Lustgarten 1

Am Lustgarten 1, 10178 Berlin, Germany

At the bottom of the steps in front of the Old Museum

What's included:

• Professional, local guide
• Private vehicle with a professional driver (depending on chosen option)

Not included:

• Gratuities
• Food and drink
• Entrance fees (none required for the tour)
• Public transportation costs (depending on chosen option)

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Reichstag Building

Platz der Republik 1, Berlin, 10557

Visit the German parliament, burned down shortly after Hitler's rise to power, and see where the Soviet flag fluttered over the ruins of Berlin at the end of WWII.

15 minutes

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, Berlin, 10117

Journey through the field of concrete stellae, bear witness the atrocities of Nazism, and hear the stories of the everyday bravery of the persecuted.

15 minutes

Fuhrerbunker

Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, Berlin, 10117

Stand where history's most notorious criminal committed suicide, having brought a continent to ruin, at the end of WWII.

15 minutes

Topography of Terror

Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, , Berlin, 10963

Witness the dark heart of Nazi Germany at the former headquarters of the SS and Gestapo. See the excavated torture cells, and one of the last remaining pieces of Nazi architecture in the city centre: the former Reich Aviation Ministry.

15 minutes

Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism

Simsonweg/Scheidemannstrasse, Between Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag Building, Berlin, 10117

Visit the central point of commemoration in Germany for those persecuted under Nazism as 'gypsies', and learn about other groups who were ruthlessly targeted by the regime.

15 minutes

Soviet Memorial Tiergarten

Strasse des 17. Juni, Berlin, 10623

Pay tribute to some 2,000 Soviet soldiers who died during the Battle of Berlin, and get up close and personal with the first two T34 tanks that entered Berlin at the end of the Second World War.

15 minutes

Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum

Oranienburger Str. 28 - 30, , Berlin, 10117

Delve into Berlin's former Jewish Quarter and to see the ornate golden domes of the New Synagogue, a target during the November 1938 pogroms, the Stolpersteine, personal tributes to victims of Nazism, the Auschwitz trees and the old Jewish graveyard.

45 minutes

Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt

Rosenthaler Strasse 39, , Berlin, 10178

Hear the story of Otto Weidt, the brush-maker who put his life on the line to shelter his Jewish workers from deportation at the hands of the SS and Gestapo.

15 minutes

Museum Island

Berlin

See where huge propaganda events were staged in the heart of Berlin, and also where Hitler addressed crowds of fanatic followers hundreds of thousands strong.

20 minutes

Johann Georg Elser Sculpture

Wilhelmstrasse/An der Kollanade, Berlin

Hear the story of Georg Elser: the man who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler by blowing up a beer hall in Munich in 1939.

10 minutes