Two days, both topics - a model itinerary
Having two days for both topics is the classic choice. We can dedicate enough time for the most important locations both in Jewish and in general terms.
Our German itinerary will include:
Brandenburg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
The East Side Gallery (the longest original segment remaining of the Berlin Wall, with paintings of 118 artists from around the world)
Unter den Linden
The Book Burning square with its challenging memorial of an empty library
The government district with the Reichstag and the Chancellor's Office (outside)
Potsdamer Platz and its architecture (including the famous Sony Center)
Gendarmenmarkt
Wilhelmstraße - the former location of all the Nazi bigshots
The Topography of Terror (outside)
Alexanderplatz
The Humboldt University, including the gallery of Nobel laureates
The National Memorial of Germany (“Neue Wache”), which they created to commemorate their own soldiers
From the Jewish perspective we will see:
The central Holocaust memorial
The New Synagogue
The famous “Stumbling Stones” commemorating the victims at their former addresses
The Missing House
The Deserted Room
The Hackesche Courtyards
Otto Weidt's workshop (the Berlin version of Oskar Schilder's factory)
The memorial to the Kindertransport
The Book Burning square
The Grunewald train station
The Bavarian Quarter
Our exact route depends on our meeting point - typically your hotel. As guides, we want to combine adjacent locations, so there usually isn't a strict division between a “Jewish" day and a “German" day. Instead, we cover both topics on both days, so everything makes sense geographically (East/West).
Please contact us for more details!