Topography of Terrors

The Topography of Terror is a documentation center located near Checkpoint Charlie, on a former site of the Gestapo. The free exhibition presents a captivating dive into the dark chapters of German history, with documents, photos, and historical objects.

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  • History
  • Monument
  • Memorial
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Exhibition site at the Topography of Terror, displaying information panels on German history.
Modern entrance of the Topography of Terror Museum, dedicated to the history of Nazism and war crimes in Berlin.

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The exhibition is very engaging, with a lot of information. Plan for a good hour and a half if you intend to read everything!

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We chose a museum, Topography of Terror, which is free. Otherwise, most museums charge, around fifteen euros from what I could see.

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It is located in a large building where the Gestapo was located, for example, between 1933 and 1945. Through an impressive amount of documents (texts, photos, objects, films), you revisit the history of the site and, more broadly, the institutionalization of terror.

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