Places
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The Soviet War Memorial in Schönholzer Heide is the largest cemetery in Berlin for fallen Red Army soldiers and the largest outside Russia.
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British author Christopher Isherwood lived at this address in Schöneberg for four years. Today, there is a plaque on the building in his memory.
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The Karl Liebknecht cornerstone memorial at Potsdamer Platz is more about Berlin’s turbulent history than it is about Liebknecht himself.
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The legendary Eldorado nightclub has been closed for decades. Today, the venue houses an organic supermarket that uses ‘Eldorado’ in its name.
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Since the 1990s, the AIDS Memorial in Berlin has raised awareness in 22 languages about those who have died of AIDS and those living with HIV today.
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The Berlin Wall affected not only living Berliners but also the dead. The story about the divided underworld is told at the St. Hedwig Cemetery.
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The Chapel of Reconciliation stands as a memorial to the victims of the Berlin Wall and the Reconciliation Church, which was demolished in 1985.
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Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was located beneath a ballroom that was built as an extension to his official residence in 1935. Today, it is a parking lot.
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The sculpture in Invalidenpark is a memorial to Gnadenkirche, where war heroes were buried. And in memory of the reunification of Germany.
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If you are looking for the perfect photo opportunity, the ruin of the Franciscan monastery church with a view of the TV tower is the place to go.