Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This memorial and museum, located in the former Bendlerblock military headquarters just
south of the Tiergarten, tells the story of several organized German resistance movements
and the more than 42 separate assassination attempts against Hitler. An ill-fated scheme to
kill Hitler was plotted in this building (the actual attempt occurred in Rastenburg, eastern
Prussia; the event was dramatized in the 2009 Tom Cruise film
Valkyrie
). The conspirators,
including Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, were shot here in the courtyard. While there
are no real artifacts, the spirit that haunts the place is multilingual.
Cost and Hours:
Free, Mon-Fri 9:00-18:00, Thu until 20:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00, free
and good English audioguide—passport required, €3 printed English translation, no crowds,
near Kulturforum at Stauffenbergstrasse 13, enter in courtyard, door on left, main exhibit on
third floor, bus #M29, tel. 030/2699-5000,
www.gdw-berlin.de
.
The “Times Square of Berlin,” and possibly the busiest square in Europe before World War
II, Potsdamer Platz was cut in two by the Wall and left a deserted no-man's-land for 40
years.Today,thisimmensecommercial/residential/entertainmentcenter,sittingonafuturist-
