Explore Berlin’s Jewish sites, WWII landmarks, and family ancestry tours. Dive into the city’s rich history with expert insights.
Berlin’s most important World War II sites include the Topography of Terror, the German Resistance Memorial Center, the House of the Wannsee Conference, Museum Berlin-Karlshorst and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Visitors can also see locations connected to the Battle of Berlin, including the Reichstag, Soviet war memorials and the former Führerbunker…
Jewish Berlin is not one neighborhood or one museum. It is a history of more than seven centuries, marked by settlement, expulsion, return, achievement, persecution, murder and renewal, and its traces are spread across the city. The most important places to visit are the New Synagogue and the streets of the Spandauer Vorstadt in Mitte,…
Berlin ancestry tours usually begin with fragments. A name on a ship manifest. An address on the back of a photograph. A story a grandparent told once and never told again. Standing on the street those fragments describe can offer a different kind of understanding than reading about them at home. The building may be…
