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Third Reich were hanged. e Anne Frank
The Gedenkstätte Plötzensee Zentrum
is a simple memorial in a brick
hut, which still retains the iron Rosenthaler Straße 39. Tel (030) 288
hooks from which the victims 86 56 00.  Weinmeisterstraße.
were suspended.  Hackescher Markt. Open 10am–
Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg 6pm Tue–Sun. & ∑ annefrank.de
and the other main figures in
the assassination attempt against Anne Frank’s short life and her
Hitler on 20 July 1944 were diary are at the heart of this
executed in the Bendlerblock interactive exhibition, which
(see p92), but the rest of the connects history to the present
conspi rators were executed day. Visitors are encouraged to
here at the Plötzensee prison. The elegant Neo-Classical façade of Schloß Tegel reflect on their own views
Count Helmut James von through listening to young
Hohenzollern coat of arms above the main gate of Spandau’s citadel Moltke, one of the leaders family tomb, also designed by eventually demolished in 1958. people from Berlin discussing
of the German resistance Schinkel. The tomb contains Reconstruction was completed the issues that occupied Anne
8 Spandau Francesco Chiaramella da movement, was also killed a copy of a splendid sculpture in 1995. Public exhibitions by Frank, such as identity, values,
Gandino. It took 30 years to here. He was responsible by Bertel Thorwaldsen. The the Centrum Judaicum are held war and discrimination.
Zitadelle Spandau: Am Juliusturm 64. complete and most of the work for orga nizing the Kreisauer
Tel (030) 354 94 40.  Zitadelle. original piece stands inside in the front of the building.
@ X33. Open 10am–5pm daily. & was supervised by architect Kreis – a political movement the SchloßTegel. r Prenzlauer Berg
∑ zitadelle-spandau.de Rochus Graf von Lynar. that gathered and united w Brecht-Weigel-
Although the citadel had a jail, German opposition to Hitler. Sammlung Industrielle Gestaltung:
Spandau is one of the oldest the town’s most infamous Gedenkstätte Kulturbrauerei entrance, Knaack-
towns within the area of greater resident, Rudolf Hess, was 0 Schloß Tegel Brecht-Weigel Memorial straße 97. Tel (030) 473 77 79 40.
Berlin, and it has managed to incarcerated a short distance Chausseestraße 125. Tel (030) 200 57  Senefelderplatz or Eberswalder-
retain its own distinctive away in a military prison after Adelheidallee 19–21. Tel (030) 886 71 18 44.  Naturkunde Museum or straße. Open phone ahead to check.
character. Although the town the 1946 Nuremberg trials. In 50.  Alt Tegel. @ 124, 133, 222. Oranienburger Tor. @ 142. v M5,
of Spandau was only granted a 1987, when the former deputy Open May–Sep: 10am–4pm Mon. 8 M6, M8, 12. 8 compulsory. Every half Towards the end of the 19th
charter in 1232, evidence of the leader of the Nazi party died, compulsory organised tours at 10am, hour (every hour on Sun). 10–11:30am century, this was one of the
earliest settlement here dates the prison was torn down. 11am, 3pm & 4pm. & 2–3:30pm Tue; 10–11:30am Wed & most impoverished, densely
back to the 8th century. Fri; 10–11:30am & 4–6:30pm Thu; populated districts of Berlin,
The area was spared the worst 9 Gedenkstätte Schloß Tegel is one of the most 10am–noon & 1–3:30pm Sat; 11am– which became a centre for anti-
of the World War II bombing, so interesting palace complexes 6pm Sun. Closed Mon, public Communist opposition.
there are still some interesting Plötzensee in Berlin. The site was occupied holidays. & After 1989, however, artists,
sights to visit. The heart of the Plötzensee Memorial in the 16th century by a manor professionals and students
town is a network of medieval Hüttigpfad 16. Tel (030) 26 99 50 00. house. In the second half of The Neue Synagoge Berlin, with its Playwright Bertolt Brecht was began to arrive from all parts of
streets with a picturesque  Jakob-Kaiser-Platz, then @ 123, the 17th century, this was splendidly reconstructed dome associated with Berlin from 1920, Germany and Europe, creating a
market square and a number 126. Open Mar–Oct: 9am–5pm daily; rebuilt into a hunting lodge for but emigrated in 1933. After the colourful, vibrant community.
of the original timber-framed Nov–Feb: 9am–4pm daily. the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm. q Neue Synagoge war, his left-wing views made him Schönhauser Allee is the main
houses. In the north of Spandau, In 1766 the ownership of the Berlin – Centrum an attractive potential resident thoroughfare. A former old
sections of the town wall A narrow street leads from property passed to the of the newly created German brewery was transformed into
dating from the 15th century Saatwinkler Damm to the site Humboldt family and, between Judaicum socialist state. Lured by the the “Kulturbrauerei”, a centre for
are still standing. where nearly 2,500 people 1820 and 1824, Karl Friedrich New Synagogue Berlin – promise of his own theatre, he cultural events. It also houses the
In the centre of town is the convicted of crimes against the Schinkel thoroughly rebuilt the Jewish Centre returned to Berlin in 1948 with his Museum in der Kulturbrauerei
magnificent Gothic St-Nikolai- palace, giving it its current style. Oranienburger Straße 30. Tel (030) wife, the actress Helene Weigel. with a permanent exhibition
Kirche, dating from the 15th Decorating the elevations on 880 28 300.  Oranienburger Straße. In 1953, Brecht moved into ‘Alltag in der DDR’ (Everyday
century. The church holds the top floor of the towers are v M1, M6. Open daily (the dome can this house and lived here until in the GDR) showcasing
many valuable ecclesiastical tiled bas-reliefs designed by only be climbed Apr–Sep). & ^ his death in 1956. His wife everyday items used in former
furnishings, such as a splendid Christian Daniel Rauch, founded an archive of his work, East Germany.
Renaissance stone altar from depicting the ancient wind Construction of the synagogue, which is on the second floor. Heading along Sredzkistraße
the end of the 16th century, gods. Some of Schinkel’s begun in 1859 by architect you reach Husemannstraße.
a Baroque pulpit from around marvellous interiors have Eduard Knoblauch, was finished This beautifully renovated street
1700 that came from a survived, along with several in 1866. The design was a complete with shops and inns
royal palace in Potsdam, items from what was once a response to the asymmetrical gives the impression of Berlin
a Gothic baptismal font and large collection of sculptures. plot of land, with a narrow façade around the year 1900. Amid
many epitaphs. The palace is still privately flanked by a pair of towers and the greenery around Belforter
A castle was first built on the owned by descendants of the crowned with a gilded dome. Straße is a water tower built in
site of the Zitadelle Spandau Humboldt family, but guided This was Berlin’s largest the mid-19th century. Nearby,
(citadel) in the 12th century, but tours are offered on Mondays. synagogue until it was partially on Schönhauser Allee, there is
today only the 36 m (120 ft) It is also worth visiting the destroyed during the infamous an old Jewish cemetery dating
Juliusturm (tower) remains. In park in which the palace Kristallnacht in 1938. It was from 1827. Among those buried
1560 the building of a fort was Memorial to concentration camp victims stands. On the western limits further damaged by Allied Bertolt Brecht’s study in his here is the renowned painter
begun here, to a design by at Gedenkstätte Plötzensee of the park lies the Humboldt bombing in 1943 and was former apartment Max Liebermann.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp492–3 and pp510–11

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