Wednesday, February 21, 2007

 

Behind Scott and the kids is a section of the wall, and down the hill is the Topography of Terror exhibit. During the Third Reich, this was the most frightening address in Berlin: here, three of the most terrifying Nazi political departments had their headquarters. The Third Reich's security service, the Gestapo and the Schutzstaffel (or SS) were all headquartered here. After World War II, the building was torn down,however the cellars remained. In 1987, these once former torture cells opened up as an exhibition documenting the Nazi crimes.

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