GERMANY

What: Five days in Berlin

When: Thanksgiving 2017

 

A piece of the Berlin Wall outside the Topography of Terror museum

The former and famous Checkpoint Charlie – an entry-exit point between East and West Berlin

A piece of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz – a bustling area that used to be a wasteland and a death strip under Communist rule

A marker indicating where the Berlin Wall used to stand. You can find these all around the city

Berlin’s famous ampelmann – traffic man

Stumbling stones remind us of the Jews who were wiped out

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe designed by Peter Eisenman

A sign marking the spot of Hitler’s bunker.

A piece of the Berlin Wall

Brandenburg Gate was rebuilt after World War II. It stood as a dividing line between East and West Berlin

An external basement wall of Hitler’s Gestapo – all that remains outside the Topography of Terror museum

A piece of the Berlin Wall covered in graffiti

A reflection of the old subway sign at Potsdamer Platz

A replica of the original checkpoint for tourists to take pictures

The original sign

Thousands of Berliners watched as the original checkpoint booth is airlifted out of the spot where it sat for nearly 30 years

Index cards of Nazi perpetrators kept by the Reich Security Main Office

Nazi propaganda poster