Top 10 WW2 Sites to Visit in Berlin! 

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Ja must not miss As a thing

all the sites.

Thanks for the comment paulwebbiweb, great to have you apart of the conversation. The typo on Reichstag is regrettable. Following the fire, the Reichstag was a ruin. I’m happy to split hairs over the definition of ‘destroyed’ but the building having been gutted by fire, no longer served as the German seat of Parliament. During the war years it served intermediary as a maternity ward and further damage by Allied bombs and fighting during the last days of the war followed by the subsequent division meant it could no longer be used for its original purpose. After 1961 the Berlin Wall ran along the back of the building. Since the capital of West Germany was now in Bonn, the Reichstag could not be used as a seat of government. In 1955 the German Bundestag decided the structure should be preserved and an architectural contest was held for the design of the renovation. Architect Paul Baumgarten designed the reconstruction which took place from 1961 to 1964. After 1971, the Reichstag housed a museum with an exhibit called “Fragen an die Deutsche Geschichte” but the building sat largely unused until 1990 and German reunification. I hope that helps to clarify my comments.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing !

@@liamobrien4767 If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, then show me the man who is out of danger.' Oscar Wilde

I agree with you Paul. Badly researched and badly put-together to satisfy people who know nothing about Berlin, and who will probably never visit.

Add the German Russian Museum in Karlshorst to your list it's where the unconditional surrender was signed

The first planings went back to the early time after the German-French War of 1870/ 1871 (the new German Reich got a new Parliament = needed a new Parliament Building, as simple as that). The construction works started in 1884, they were finished and the building opened in 1894. The best history of the building was written by an American Historian: Michael S. Cullen: Der Reichstag (2004 and 2014). The building got a first re-building in the 1950ies and then a second one in the 1990ies by Norman Foster - about this part of its history: Norman Foster/ David Jenkins: Der neue Reichstag (2000). Btw: The Reichstag Building was always a Symbol for Democracy and Unity in German History, not so much as Symbol for Power. When the building was constructed the German Parliament had few real Power in Policy Making, but it was the only democratic Institution of the Country. The Architect, Paul Wallot, constructed the building as aesthetically equal to the Royal Castle on the other side of the "Linden" and as a Symbol of the Unity of the Country = the four Towers of the building represented the four Kingdoms of that-time Germany: Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Württemberg. So obviously the Nazis neglected this Building largely. That the Red Army of the Soviet Union used it as the "central goal" and "crown jewel of Fascism" was at best a total misunderstanding of German History and the Place of this Building in this History. You can still see the Scraffiti of the Soldiers of the Red Army at the walls inside of the Building.

The Neo-Renaissance building was built between 1884 and 1894 in the Tiergarten district on the left bank of the River Spree to plans by the architect Paul Wallot. It housed both the Reichstag legislature of the German Empire and the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. The Reich's Federal Council also originally met there. The building was initially used by the Reichstag for Nazi Germany, but severe damage in the Reichstag fire of 1933 prevented further use and the Reichstag moved to the nearby Kroll Opera House. The 1933 fire became a pivotal event in the entrenchment of the Nazi regime. The building took further damage during the Second World War and its symbolism made it an important target for the Red Army during the Battle of Berlin. that's from Wikipedia, nothing from Bismarck

@@rwa844 …Quite an impressive building nonetheless! Visited it in 2001 and will do so again late this year. One of my favourite buildings in Berlin and a tour of that dome is pretty cool…did that in 2001 too…

Please read my comments above if you think that this is well-researched.

Thanks Anil, I'm glad you enjoyed the video

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Glad you enjoyed the video BrickMan Reviews. I will be making further videos on WW2 sites to visit in Berlin. So be sure to watch out for those.

They are.so uplifting. Alone 80 percent of the town was bombed. Must give a rush...

Thanks 766545 Hgfgu, great to have you apart of the channel

Definitely agree. The Cold War went on from 1945 till 1989 when the Wall fell; perhaps the gentleman can add CPC to a followup video.

its crazy how many tourist stores around Checkpoint Charlie sell 'real pieces of the wall' aka ridiculously overpriced pieces of concrete

@@jochem420 If you want a piece of the wall, look down at Checkpoint Charlie- there are multicoloured bits of gravel that I can only assume were once part of the wall. You can just pick them up for free. But- I understand that the wall had a lot of asbestos mixed into the cement which was common 60 years ago.

I walked right past it even while looking for it. Never realizing it was this small shed in the road until I saw a sign about the Berlin standoff at the other end of the area..

In its current state Check Point Charlie is treated like a joke. I went through there a few times back in the day when it was "serious business." I wish it was treated with more reverence.

in some ex-DDR parts of the city you can stil lsee something that is very likely holes from shellings. I noticed them close to the Ostkreuz.

Great to have you apart of the channel Eucliid. It's fantastic to have you as the 200th subscriber

Do people in Germany speak English or if you go to Germany you have to have some knowledge of speaking German

they speak English in large cities because of tourism. Not so much in smaller towns or villages.

Indeed.

Do people in Germany speak English or you need to know German if your visiting Germany

@@halamadrid6733 I know very little German. Most places have someone that speaks English. Not an issue at all.

​@@stevedavis3527I recommend a visit to the German Russian Museum in Karlshorst where the unconditional surrender was signed

Please read my comments above, David.

@@ColinH1973 hi Colin, I can't seem to find the comment from you. Can you please send it to me. Thanks 👍

I found the comment Colin. Thanks very much. I'm going to look into the places you mentioned and see if I can get to see them when I get there, It's only a 2 day trip so hopefully I'll have enough time to take it all in. Cheers again 👍 👍

German Russian Museum in Karlshorst where the unconditional surrender was signed

I'm trying to learn some level of basic German to visit one day soon. Roughly speaking, how easy or difficult is it to navigate around Berlin as an English speaker?

Most people speak English it’s very easy to get by. 😊

Visit the German Russian Museum in Karlshorst where the unconditional surrender was signed

Thanks for the suggestions Anatolij Cimarkin. I will be making videos on those sites in the future, so be sure to look out for those.

Flakturm Tiergarten

@@williamgriffiths9453 The 3 Flakturm sites in Berlin were 1. Zoo (southwest corner of Tiergarten) - that one completely vanished 2. Friedrichshain - demolished, forming hills (Mont Klamott) in the Volkspark Friedrichshain and 3. Humboldthain - partially demolished, north fassade still more or less intact and visible, now a viewing platform in a park. If you want to see complete Flaktürme you need to visit Hamburg or Vienna.

@@williamgriffiths9453 It isn't there. The British Army blew it up after the war, and after a struggle.

It's also full of inaccuracies.

Richtig. You must see that. More hitler......

Wouldn't consider it "walking distance" from the Reichstag...