ItineraryThis is a typical itinerary for this productStop At: Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28 - 30, 10117 Berlin GermanyThe starting point for this tour is the Neue Synagogue, New Synagogue. Constructed in 1866, the Synagogue was the largest and most magnificent in Berlin, a literal representation of the thriving 160,000 Berlin Jewish community members. Saved from vandals during the infamous Kristallnacht pogrom.The Synagogue remained in use until 1940 until being confiscated by the Army and used to store military uniforms. In November 1943, the Synagogue was severely damaged in an allied bombing raid. The main hall was torn down in 1958, partly rebuilt in 1988 and officially reopened in 1995. Today the Synagogue houses the Centrum Judaicum foundation, an institution for preserving Jewish memory and tradition. Duration: 10 minutesStop At: Jüdisches Gymnasium Moses Mendelssohn, Große Hamburger Str. 27, 10115 Berlin, GermanyFounded in 1779, the Jewish boy's school was the first Jewish school in Germany without fees. Although a Jewish institution the school was open to all faiths and promoted liberal Jewishness and accepted female students in 1931. In the Fall of 1941, the deportation of Jews to the newly conquered territories to the East resulted in banning all Jewish schools. In 1942, the Reich Main Security office under the SS turned the building into a transit camp. The windows were barred, and Jews were crammed inside to await deportation. Duration: 5 minutesStop At: Jewish Cemetery and Holocaust Memorial, Zelik 1, Mostar Bosnia and HerzegovinaBetween 1672 and 1827, some 12,000 Jewish community members were buried here.On the orders of the Gestapo, the SS destroyed the cemetery in 1943, smashing thousands of gravestones, throwing away remains and playing football with skulls. In April 1945 burials once again took place. Almost 2500 German soldiers and Berlin civilians killed during the fighting or shot by the SS for hanging white flags from their windows are buried in mass graves. Duration: 15 minutesStop At: Museum Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt, Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin GermanyLocated in a hidden courtyard is Otto Weidt'd Workshop for the Blind. Weidt supported by his wife Else employed more than 30 blind and deaf Jewish workers between 1940 to 1945.As tensions grew, Weidt endeavoured to protect his mostly blind and deaf employees from persecution and deportation, regularly bribing Gestapo officers and falsifying documents. Even going as far as to travel to Auschwitz concentration camp to break one of his employees out.Duration: 10 minutesStop At: Denkmal Rosenstraße, Rosenstraße 2, 10178 Berlin, GermanyA remarkable story, on the 27th of February 1943, the Gestapo, Waffen-SS and Berlin Police arrested , two-thousand Jewish men, married to non-Jewish German women. Outraged, the wives of those detained numbering in the hundreds gathered to protest. Despite periodic threats of being shot if the women did not disperse the women would scatter briefly, only to return in larger numbers to continue protesting. As pressure mounted Goebbels authorized the prisoner's release. Duration: 10 minutesStop At: Am Lustgarten 1 Museum Island, 10178 Berlin GermanyThe Lustgarten is framed on three sides by the Berlin Cathedral, the Altes Museum and the Zeughaus. Before the Nazi's, the Lustgarten was a favourite location for protests and speeches. One week after Hitler's appointment as Chancellor 200,000 Berliner's protested the new Government. Strict regulations imposed by the Nazi's over the coming month's restricted Germans' right to protest, hefty fines and arrests made protesting the Nazi regime very dangerous. In 1934, the Lustgarten was paved over to make way for Nazi propaganda rallies, swearing-in ceremonies and military parades. Duration: 10 minutesStop At: Zeughaus, Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin, GermanyThe magnificent Zeughaus is the oldest building along Unter den Linden constructed

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Confirmation will be received at time of booking,Wheelchair accessible,Stroller accessible,Service animals allowed,Near public transportation,Transportation is wheelchair accessible,Surfaces are wheelchair accessible,Most travelers can participate,This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund,This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund,This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers,Face masks provided for travelers,Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff,Social distancing enforced throughout experience,Guides required to regularly wash hands

Bottled water,FREE hand and feet warmers in winter (Dec-Feb),FREE rain ponchos throughout the year (In event of rain)