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Visit the Topography of Terror Documentation Center in Berlin

March 26, 2015 by Henk Bekker in Berlin, Germany

Topographie des Terrors Documentation Center

The Topographie des Terrors is a free documentation center, memorial and museum in Berlin on the regime of official state terror during the Nazi period. The permanent exhibitions focus on the period 1933 to 1945 when the headquarters of the Gestapo and SS were located here. The longest surviving piece of the Berlin Wall is directly adjacent to the documentation center with the … [Read more...]

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Visit the Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) in Berlin

March 25, 2015 by Henk Bekker in Berlin, Germany

Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) in Berlin & S-Bahn Station

The Tränenpalast at the Friedrichstraße S-Bahn train station was the main departure point for travelers from the former East Germany to West Berlin. During the Cold War, travelers crossed the border here rather than at the far more famous Checkpoint Charlie. A free museum in the Tränenpalast – literally Palace of Tears – explains the role of this border post, as well as the … [Read more...]

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