6. The Führerbunker
Berlin’s tourist guides are not keen on revealing the location of Hitler’s underground bunker where he died. Try to locate the site of Hitler’s bunker in Berlin by following the instructions in the link How to get to Hitler’s Former Bunker and discuss if the city should do more to attract visitors to the site. Look at the picture in the Führerbunker link and contemplate the question why Germans did not set up a more prominent display at the site that could attract a larger number of tourists.
Downfall: Famous Bunker Scene (Actual Translation)
7. Other Nazi Buildings
Berlin’s Federal Foreign Office and its Federal Finance Office are two outstanding examples of adapting Nazi buildings to modern use. Both websites contains a number of free downloadable publications about the history and purpose of the building. Explore and comment on this major construction effort in Berlin’s post-Wall history.
Das Haus am Werderschen Markt-Auswärtiges Amt
The Detlev Rohwedder Building – Federal Ministry of Finance
8. Topography of Terror
The exhibit focuses on the Holocaust perpetrators whose offices were located on the “Topography of Terror” site, among them the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police), the SS (Schutzstaffel, Protection Squad), the SD (Sicherheitsdienst, Security Service), the SA (Sturmabteilung, Stormtroopers), and the RHSA (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, Reich Security Main Office). Describe the assignment of each of these office in the murder of the Jews. One of the best sources for more information is the Holocaust Encyclopedia of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
9. Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
The Sachsenhausen concentration camp is about thirty-minutes north of Berlin and can be explored in one day. It is the largest camp in the Berlin area and gives an impression of the extensive torture and murder system the SS had established. Explore the website to find out more about conditions in the camp and the abuse of people imprisoned there.
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