The Topography of Terror

The Topography of Terror, an indoor-outdoor facility, is one of Berlin's most thought-provoking museums with 1.5 million visitors every year in Berlin. The site also marks the boundary between the eastern and western zones of Berlin and contains a preserved section of the former Berlin Wall. It was built on the site of the former headquarters of the Nazi's notorious SS and Gestapo.

The excavated cellar walls of the Gestapo HQ, lined by numerous covered displays regarding the site's function as a place of terror, are a sobering reminder of the terrors of both the Nazi and Soviet regimes. The Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Centre, which is located on the nearby site of a former camp used to house the regime's slave labor, and the new Documentation Center, which focuses on the central institutions of the SS and their crimes, as well as the role of the regime's propaganda machine, are also worth noting.

Address: Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin
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