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profoundly complicated palace at Wilhelm-
philosophical programme. straße 102, became
The museum’s architecture the HQ of Reinhard
itself is intended to convey Heydrich and the
something of the tragic history Third Reich’s security
of the millions of Jews who service. Prinz-
perished in the Holocaust. Albrecht-Straße 8
The interior arrangement housed the head
is dominated by a gigantic of the Gestapo,
empty crack, which cuts a Heinrich Müller,
swathe through the building. while the Hotel Prinz
Several corridors lead to a Alb recht at No. 9 The stark exterior of the Topographie des Terrors
windowless Holocaust tower. became HQ of the
The collection focuses on Schutzstaffel or SS. the museum’s exhibits, such as
Jewish history and art, with After World War II, the bomb- locomotives, water towers and
an emphasis on portraying damaged buildings were pulled ships, to be displayed full-size
stories through related down and, in 1987, a temporary and in their original condition.
objects. The thousands of hall was built to house an Of particular interest in the
works of art and historical exhibition on the history of the collection are the dozens of
exhibits include artifacts that site. Today the museum houses locomotives and railway
were once part of everyday the permanent ‘Topography of carriages from different eras,
Jewish life in Berlin. Terror’ exhibition and multiple as well as large aviation and
The museum is accessible changing temporary exhibitions, shipping exhibitions. Further
only through an underground a library, event spaces and exhibits explore the history of
passageway in the former education programmes.. road transport, the internet,
Berlin-Museum building paper manufacturing, printing,
next door. weaving, tele communications
z Deutsches and computer technology.
Technikmuseum There are also two windmills,
Berlin a brewery and an old forge.
The section called Spectrum is
Trebbiner Straße 9. Map 4 A5. especially popular with children
Tel (030) 90 25 40.  Gleisdreieck. for its “hands-on” experiments.
@ 140. Open 9am–5:30pm Tue–Fri, A special attraction here is
10am–6pm Sat & Sun. 7 & the Historical Brewery. The
building was once used by the
The German Museum of brewery Tucher Bräu for storing
Technology was first established beer, but it was destroyed in
in 1982 with the intention of World War II. Decades later, the
grouping more than 100 brewery was rebuilt on four
smaller, specialized collections levels. Some visitors claim
under one roof. The current they can smell roasted malt.
collection is arranged on the From the top of the brewery
The austere, steel-clad walls of the site of the former freight depot, building, there is a spectacular
Jüdisches Museum the size of which allows many of view over Berlin.

l Topographie des
Terrors
Niederkirchnerstraße 8. Map 4 B4.
Tel (030) 25 45 09 50.  & 
Potsdamer Platz, Anhalter Bahnhof.
@ M29. Open 10am–8pm daily. The
grounds are only accessible until dusk.
Closed 24 & 31 Dec, 1 Jan.
During the Third Reich, Prinz-
Albrecht-Straße (Niederkirch-
nerstraße) was probably the
most frightening address in
Berlin: here, three of the most
terrifying Nazi political depart-
ments had their headquarters.
The Neo-Classical Prinz-Albrecht One of dozens of locomotives displayed in the Deutsches Technikmuseum

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