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Topography of Terror
A free documentation center on the site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters, beside a surviving stretch of the Wall.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, 10963 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Potsdamer Platz or Kochstrasse station.
Why Go
From 1933 to 1945, the headquarters of the Gestapo, the SS and the Reich Security Main Office stood here. Its clear, unflinching exhibition shows how the Nazi system of terror worked.
Along the street outside, a section of the Berlin Wall still stands.
Nearby in Berlin
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