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Best in Historic Locations
Stasi Prison Former inmates lead tours of this infamous jail that had a starring role in the
Academy Award-winning The Lives of Others .
Stasimuseum Berlin The headquarters of East Germany's feared and loathed Ministry of
State Security are now a museum.
Tränenpalast Exhibit explains why tears of goodbye once flowed in this Friedrichstrasse
border pavillion.
Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum North of Berlin, this early concentration camp
served as a model for many others.
Best for Jewish Remembrance
Jüdisches Museum Engagingly laid out chronicle and celebration of nearly 2000 years of
Jewish life in Germany.
Ort der Information (Information centre; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 030 7407 2929;
www.holocaust-mahnmal.de ; Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1; admission free, audioguide adult/con-
cession €3/1.50; 10am-8pm Tue-Sun Apr-Sep, to 7pm Oct-Mar, last admission 45min be-
fore closing) Chilling exhibit below the Holocaust Memorial examines personal aspects of
this unfathomable chapter in human history.
Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt Learn how one heroic man saved untold Jewish lives.
Best for Kids
Story of Berlin Plenty of engaging visuals and a tour of an atomic bunker make this one a
winner with teens.
DDR Museum Highly experiential and hands-on journey into daily life behind the Iron Cur-
tain.
Mauermuseum Outdated exhibit, but fascinating collection of ingenious original contrap-
tions used by East Germans to escape their country.
Best for Momentous Moments
Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz Get shivers while standing in the very room where Nazi lead-
ers planned the systematic annihilation of European Jews on 20 January 1942.