Topography of Terror

This guide to the Topography of Terror in Berlin turns on the exact patch of ground where the Gestapo, the SS, and the Reich Security Main Office ran their headquarters from 1933 to 1945, and on the house prison cellar beneath your feet where as many as fifteen thousand people were interrogated. You'll hear how the ruins were demolished and forgotten after the war, rediscovered by chance in the 1980s, and fought over for decades by architects trying to build a memorial here. The longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall runs beside you as you walk the site.