Hidden WWII Sites - Tour into the Shadows of the Third Reich

Key facts

What's included

Itinerary

1. Stop 1

   Begin your journey at one of Berlin’s most dramatic WWII remnants — the towering concrete ruins of the Humboldthain Flak Tower. Built in 1940 by Hitler’s orders, these enormous anti-aircraft defences protected Berlin’s war industry and sheltered civilians during Allied air raids. Now half-buried in a city park, the tower offers panoramic views and a haunting look at Berlin's militarised past. This is where WWII air defence history becomes real.

   30 minutes

2. Stop 2

   Tucked away in a quiet corner of Berlin lies one of its most tragic secrets: the site from which over 30,000 Berlin Jews were deported to ghettos and extermination camps between 1942 and 1944. At the former Moabit freight station, you’ll walk among the haunting memorial grove “Hain” and learn how these ordinary-looking tracks became part of the Nazi regime’s machinery of genocide.

   30 minutes

3. Stop 3

   A chilling reminder of what happened to those who resisted. At Plötzensee Prison, over 2,800 political prisoners were executed by hanging or guillotine — many of them members of the German resistance, including the July 20 Plot to kill Hitler. The memorial here is stark and sobering. You’ll walk through the execution courtyard and hear stories of defiance, sacrifice, and brutal Nazi repression.

   1 hour

4. Stop 4 Pass by

   Visit the strangest Nazi relic in Berlin — a 12,650-ton concrete cylinder built to test whether the city’s ground could support Hitler’s dream of a colossal mega-capital. Known as the Schwerbelastungskörper (“Heavy Load-Bearing Body”), this bizarre monument to megalomania is a physical reminder of Nazi architectural ambition — and delusion. Few tourists ever see it.

5. Stop 5

   Step into the preserved cells of a Nazi torture prison, hidden beneath a former barracks in Tempelhof. Operated by the SA in 1933, this site held hundreds of political opponents in the months following Hitler’s rise to power. Original graffiti from prisoners still remains. It’s a raw and powerful site — one of Berlin’s most authentic and least-known Third Reich locations.

   30 minutes

6. Stop 6

   While passing through the district of Köpenick, you’ll hear the harrowing account of a little-known 1933 purge where Nazi paramilitaries arrested, tortured, and murdered dozens of Jews and political dissidents. This stop gives essential context for how Nazi violence escalated so rapidly in the early months of the regime.

   1 hour

7. Stop 7

   End the tour at the place where Nazi Germany officially surrendered on May 8, 1945. Inside the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, you’ll stand in the very room where the surrender was signed, marking the end of WWII in Europe. This powerful location offers an opportunity to reflect on the full arc of the war — from totalitarian rise to total defeat.

   1.5 hours

Meeting point & pickup

Meet at the starting point

We’ll meet outside the McDonald’s at Gesundbrunnen Station.

Look for your guide holding a sign that says: “Secret WW2 Tour.”

The station is called S+U Gesundbrunnen and is easy to reach by train or U-Bahn.
Please be there 10 minutes before the tour starts.

Cancellation & confirmation