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Deutsches
Technikmuseum
The history of technology and
crafts is the theme of this fasci-
nating museum, located in the
grounds of a former station. In a
new building, visitors can learn
about developments in aviation
and admire 40 planes, including
a Junkers Ju 52 and a “raisin
bomber , the type of plane used
for the Berlin airlift. Old ships
and steam locomotives bring
back the days of the Industrial
Revolution
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Trebbiner Str. 9
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Map
F5
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9am-5:30pm Tue-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat,
Sun
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(030) 90 25 40
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Admission charge
The old sign at Checkpoint Charlie
escape from East to West Berlin,
ranging from a hot-air balloon to
a car with a false floor. Only a
replica of the control hut remains
of the former border.
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Friedrichstr.
43-45
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Map G4
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9am-10pm daily
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(030) 253 72 50
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Admission charge
Topographie des Terrors
After 1934, three terrifying
Nazi institutions had their head-
quarters in this area: the security
service (Sicherheitsdienst, SD)
was based at Wilhelmstraße 102
in the Prinz-Albrecht-Palais; the
school of arts and crafts at Prinz-
Albrecht-Straße 8 was occupied
by the Gestapo; while Heinrich
Himmler, head of the SS, resided
next door at No. 9, at the Hotel
Prinz Albrecht. After World War II,
all the buildings were bulldozed
except for the cellars where, in
1933-45, prisoners had been
interrogated and tortured. An
exhibition and a documentation
centre (under construction)
chronicle the history of the area.
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Stresemannstr. 110, entrance Nieder-
kirchner Str.
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Map F4
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10am-8pm daily
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(030) 25 48 67 03
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Free admission
Jüdisches Museum
The Jewish Museum is not
only unique architecturally, but it
is also one of Berlin's most fasci-
nating museums. Its collections
present an overview of almost
1,000 years of German-Jewish
cultural history; a special exhibi-
tion is devoted to everyday Jew-
ish life in Berlin from the end of
the 19th century
(see p46).
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Lindenstr. 14
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Map G5
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10am-10pm
Mon, 10am-8pm Tue-Sun
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(030) 25 99
33 00
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Admission charge
Checkpoint Charlie
The Haus am Checkpoint
Charlie, next to the former cross-
ing point for the Alllied forces,
has an exhibition on the history
of the Berlin Wall and the various
means people used in trying to
Left
Inside Deutsches Technikmuseum
Right
Exhibition of Nazi crimes at Topographie des Terrors
Deutsches Technikmuseum:
www.dtmb.de
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