World War 2

Visit the former Nazi government quarter and hear all about the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, see where Göring, Goebbels and Himmler planned the takeover of Europe and learn about the tragic impact they had on the many victims of the Nazis. See the Bendlerblock, the former headquarters of the General Army Office, where the resistance group involved in the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt led by retired Colonel General Ludwig Beck and Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. The resistance fighters are commemorated by the permanent exhibition at the German Resistance Memorial in some of the former offices and the memorial to the officers executed there in the courtyard. Follow your guide on the trail of the past and learn all about the Reichsprogromnacht, the burning of books, the persecution of fellow Jews and political opponents, about death and suffering under National Socialism and visit the memorials, monuments and places associated with it.

The tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, which was damaged during the Second World War, was not rebuilt and serves as a memorial against the war.

The war and the dictatorship that shaped the 20th century have left their mark on the cityscape of Berlin. After the war, Germany and its capital Berlin were divided into sectors by the victorious powers, which ultimately led to the country and Berlin being split in two. Visit the Berlin Wall with your guide, the former border fortification of the GDR that separated the western and eastern parts of the city. Many people lost their lives trying to cross the border. The Berlin Wall Memorial gives an impression of divided Berlin. See the Palace of Tears memorial, the former check-in hall at Friedrichstrasse station, where departures from East to West Berlin were processed, and the Check-Point-Charly border checkpoint, which was used by the Allied forces to cross the border. This is where the tanks of the world powers faced each other during the Cold War. It became the setting for various thrillers and spy novels, from James Bond's Octopussy to The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. A visit to the German Spy Museum will take you into the world of the secret services. From the exchange of agents at the Glienicke Bridge to the listening station on the Teufelsberg, the former US listening station: Berlin was considered the capital of spies, especially during the Cold War.

Gain insights into the role the city of Munich played in the rise of Hitler and his NS Party, as well as the Holocaust and the Allies’ post-war denazification program. In 1920 Adolf Hitler founded the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) in Munich and gave Munich the honorific title „Capital of the Movement “. It was also in Munich where Hitlers first putsch attempt failed in 1923, and where in 1938 the Munich Agreement was signed, which ceded the Sudetenland to Germany. Visit places steeped in history, including Königsplatz, which was converted into a kind of Heroes' Square at Adolf Hitler's request, and the former Führerbau, which once housed Hitler's personal office, the administration building, and the remnants of the two "temples of honour", two temples for the so-called "blood witnesses" of the failed "Beer Hall Putsch".

The tour also includes a visit to the former concentration camp Dachau. The Concentration Camp Dachau was one of the first camps the Nazis established after they came to power in 1933. During the first years, mainly political prisoners and opposition members were brought there. Then, after the so-called “Reichsprogromnacht” in 1938, more and more Jews and other “non-Arians” as well as anti-regime thinking people were deported to one of the most well-known KZs. Over 200,000 people were imprisoned at Dachau – around 41,500 perished. The US Army liberated the camp on 29th April 1945.Your guide will show you around and you will have time to explore at your own pace as well if you like.

No other German city was more influenced by National Socialism than Nuremberg. After the National Socialist Party congresses had already been held here in 1927 and 1929, Nuremberg became the “City of the Reich Party Congresses” from 1933. To this end, Hitler had the Reich Party Congress grounds built with monumental buildings, where the Nazis staged their propaganda shows, which resembled a ritual. The mass marches, military displays and speeches were captured in the 1934 film “Triumph of the Will” by Leni Riefenstahl. Nuremberg is also the place where the Nazi regime proclaimed the racial laws that despised humanity. After the war, the Nuremberg trials of the Allies against the main war criminals and the so-called successor trials of the US military tribunal took place here. Visit the sites of Nazi propaganda and the Nuremberg Trials on a tour with an expert guide and learn all about the history, course and aftermath of this dark era.