Berlin Third Reich and Cold War 2-Hour Walking Tour | La Vacanza Travel

Berlin Third Reich and Cold War 2-Hour Walking Tour

Duration: 2 hours
Destination: Germany, Berlin, Berlin
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  • 2 hours
  • Berlin
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Learn the tumultuous contemporary history of Berlin on a guided walking tour of the city's iconic Third Reich and Cold War sights. See the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and Soviet War Memorial. Walk through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a poignant dedication to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust/Shoah.

Visit the site of Hitler’s Bunker and witness Hermann Göring's enormous Ministry of Aviation, the place where the GDR was founded in 1949. Then go to the site of the former Gestapo and SS HQ, now the site of the Topography of Terror exhibition

Learn about the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 and hear details of the almost impenetrable "death strip". See the 200-meter long stretch of the Berlin Wall and view the location where successful escapes took place over the Wall. You'll hear stories about those people who did not make it and what their fates were..

Round off the tour at Checkpoint Charlie and learn about how the Wall came down in 1989 and all about German unity today.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany

Start the tour at the Brandenburger Gate and learn why this monument is the symbol of the reunfied Germany.

Duration: 6 minutes

Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany

Experience the house of parliament and hear why this building encapsulates Berlin and German history over the last 100 years. Hear the story of the Reichstag fire in 1933 and how Hitler used the building during his dictatorship.

Duration: 7 minutes

Stop At: Soviet Memorial Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni, 10623 Berlin Germany

See Soviet T34/76 tanks and field artillery from WW2 at the Soviet war memorial in the Tiergarten

Duration: 7 minutes

Pass By: Victory Column (Siegessaule), Grosser Stern 1, 10557 Berlin Germany

See the Victory column and learn why Albert Speer moved it from it's original location to the new site. Also learn about Albert Speer's plans for the new capital city of the world, Germania, which would have been the new name for Berlin if the Nazi's were successful in winning WW2

Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany

Walk through this immense memorial dedicated to the murdered Jews of Europe

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Fuhrerbunker, Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, 10117 Berlin Germany

Stand above Hitler's bunker listening to your guide inform you about the last days of WW2 and Hitler's suicide in the bunker on April 30th 1945 and how the Germans come to terms with this destructive past today.

Duration: 7 minutes

Stop At: Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus, Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Wlak the length of Hermann Goerings Airforce ministry, which was also the location where East Germany (GDR) was proclaimed in 1949.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Topography of Terror, Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, 10963 Berlin Germany

See the site where the infamous Nazi insitiutions, the SS, Gestapo and the SD had their headqurters in Nazi Germany, whch today houses the Topography of Terror exhibition which teaches us about the heinous crimes these people perpetrated during WW2

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Niederkirchnerstraße, 10 Berlin, Germany

See a huge piece of the Berlin Wall and hear stories of people escaping over the Wall and what happened to those people who tried, but didn't make it.
Learn about life on both sides of the Wall East Berlin and West Berlin

Duration: 7 minutes

Stop At: Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45, 10969 Berlin Germany

End the tour at Checkpoint Charlie, the most famous of the checkpoints through the Berlin Wall. Hear about the Soviet vs USA tank standoff on this street in 1961. Learn how the Berlin Wall came down on the fateful night 9th Novemeber 1989. End the tour by discovering how successful reunification has been over the last 30 plus years.

Duration: 7 minutes

Inclusions
  • Professional local guide
  • Walking Tour

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • IMPORTANT: Meet in front of the Tourist Information office at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz side). Look out for the guide with the pink umbrella!
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany


Return Details

Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 hours


User's Reviews

Relax61856265617

26 Apr, 2024

Was such a fascinating walk through history, We had Jörge as our tour guide he had great energy, good sense of humour and kept us engaged, he explained everything in a way that was easy to understand and follow, was very respectful when speaking about more sensitive parts of the history tour and I loved hearing about his own experiences growing up in Germany, would highly recommend to anyone who loves history to give this tour a go

dana_g

25 Apr, 2024

Enjoyed all of it. Great history lesson. Talk guide was informative. The time of the tour was adequate without being too long

Angela_M

24 Apr, 2024

I enjoyed the whole 2 hour tour. Our guide was exceptionally good, friendly and knowledgeable. It is nice to have someone who is so enthusiastic in what he does. 2 hours is more than enough on foot and I got to see and hear all I wanted about Berlin and some of it's history.

Garry R

24 Apr, 2024

This tour traces the Berlin history of the Nazi Party, followed by the Cold War tragedy of the Berlin wall, via the places and buildings where these terrible events took place. Our excellent guide Xavier was very engaging and knowledgeable, always ready to answer questions and to chat about the history. This is the tragic story at the heart of modern-day Berlin, one that should never be forgotten.

mjf0201

23 Apr, 2024

Georgia was an outstanding tour guide. She had a wealth of knowledge to share with the group, and a great sense of humor as well. I felt I learned a lot about this period of Berlin's history and see some great sights along the way. She kept everything moving at a great pace, so we never felt rushed, but we also didn't drag behind schedule, which was important to me since I had a few tours/activities planned that day.

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