Topic: Topography of Terror

July 30, 2014
10:59 pm

Two women look at exhibits at the Topography of Terror museum in Berlin, Germany in 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Warsaw Uprising exhibit opens at center of Nazi power

Photos, documents and films on show until Oct. 26 at Berlin’s Topography of Terror Museum

By AP

January 30, 2013
4:49 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks as she opens the exhibition 'Berlin 1933 - the way to despotism' at the Topography of Terror museum in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, January 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany marks 80th anniversary of Hitler’s ascent

Nazis’ rise was made possible due to the cooperation of ‘the elite of German society,’ Angela Merkel says

By David Rising

December 26, 2012
1:52 pm

The main Holocaust memorial in Berlin features an above-ground, abstract monument resembling tombstones. (Plano Light/Creative Commons via JTA)

Come for the Holocaust museums, stay for the dance clubs and art

With its tragic history and growing Jewish population, Berlin offers a compelling, sometimes jarring mix of tourist activities

By Toby Axelrod