Power and Memory: From the Reichstag to the Neue Wache
Berlin, Germany
A ~1.5-mile one-way line from the Reichstag riverbank to Unter den Linden, 8 stops, about 35-40 minutes of listening. Flat and paved; the Holocaust Memorial's stelae field has uneven, sloping ground. Reichstag dome visit requires free advance online registration with ID.
Stops on this walk
- White Crosses
- Reichstag Building
- Brandenburg Gate & Pariser Platz
- Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted under Nazism
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Gendarmenmarkt
- Bebelplatz Book Burning Memorial
- Neue Wache
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