World War 2 Hamburg Private Guided Tour

Here we will dive into the downfall of Hamburgs judicial and political system in the 1930s while looking at the detrimental consequences this would have.

This location is marked to this day by one of the largest bunkers build during the second world war currently being repurposed as a skyline garden.

Planten un Blomen

Now one of the most scenic locations in the city of Hamburg this idyllic location has a much forgotten and much darker past as a central location for executions during WW2, a propaganda project, a human zoo and a displaced persons camp.

Kriegerdenkmal am Dammtordamm

5 different war memorial from different periods shape not only the physical landscape of this location but also the contempary culture of remembrance in Modern Hamburg.

Turmbar

What appears to be a water tower is one of the over 2,000 bunkers built in Hamburg during the second world war.

Grindel

The Grindel district was once a district which hosted a vibrant jewish community. Here we look at how this area came to be, who lived there, what happened here during the war and what life looks like here today. Some topics of intrest include: - The place of the deported jewish persons of Hamburg - Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) 1938 - Book burning 1933 - The Born Synagogue - The Talmud Torah School

Jungfernstieg

Here Hamburg tried to build a decoy city centre to avoid bombings in the second world war.

Rathausmarkt

The Townhall was and remains the symbolic and literal seat of power in Hamburg. At this location we will learn how this location was used by the Nazi party during WW2. The square is dotted with several memorials to: - Political opposition the Nazi party - The book burnings of 1933 - WW1 Prpaganda in Nazi Germany

Afrikahaus

A leftover from the German colonial period. This period of history although often forgotten is essential to understand racial segregation and genocide in WW2 Germany.

St. Nikolai Memorial

This church serves a memorial to the victims of war and the rule of terror. The site itself is the remains of the former church bombed along with the rest of city in 1943. The church displays several memorials to the bombing of Hamburg, the victims of the concentration camp Neuengamme and the reconcilliation between post-war Germany and the Uk. At this location there is also a museum and atower with a elevator for a spectaular view of the city.