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Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, Berlin, Germany 10117

Featured Review : This is the best thing we did in Berlin. It was freezing outside, but I held my coffee close to my body, breathed into my scarf, and managed to forget about it as I read about the Nuremburg trials.The exhibit is displaye...See Full Review

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  • Topographie of Terror

  • 5 out of 5 stars
    metrogirl from Chicago
  • May 26, 2002
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Quote: Topographie of Terror Photo - Topographie des Terrors, Berlin, Germany

Gestapo, SS & Reich Security Office on Prinz Albert Terrain
Open Air Exhibition

The Prinz Albert Terrain represented the actual government district of the SS and Police State between 1933 & 1945. It was here that the "Final Solution to the Jewish question" or genocide of the Jews and the systematic persecution and murder of other parts of the population was planned.

NAZI SQUARE DANCE ?
An interesting exhibit photo of goose-stepping Nazis forming a swastika

The Topographie of Terror open-air exhibit presents historical photographic evidence of the area, buildings, people (both persecuted and oppressors) in a setting of the rubble of the actual building. Although most of the captions are in German, there are free multi-lingual pamphlets in available in the trailer that serves as the visitor center. There is also a book you can purchase there that gives direct translations of all the signage in the exhibit, as well as much more explanation and historical information.


From journals BERLIN: History and Memory

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  • Topography of Terror Foundation

  • 3 out of 5 stars
    travel2000 from New York
  • November 1, 2000
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Quote: Website: www.topographie.de. This is an outdoor exhibit, trailing the terrors of the Nazi's and the happenings in the Gestapo (the headquarters being the building next to this exhibit). Look out for parts of the Berlin Wall at the back of the exhibit. It is on the site of the Gestapo Prison, where reports of mass murders were sent and compiled. This is ground zero. Don't make the mistake we made-start at the right entrance, and stop by the information trailer to purchase a history brochure. Everything is in German so you need some information to understand it. Though it's in chronological order, I wish I could understand the captions.
From journals The New Berlin