Topography of Terror and Checkpoint Charlie

This is an indoor/outdoor memorial called "Topography of Terror." 

It documents the events leading up to, during, and in the wake of the Nazi Regime.

There's also a library inside, but this a day trip with just reading the information cards. There's just so much to see.

A prayer-like recitation taught to children during the Nazi regime. In case you didn't know, Hitler wasn't only a dictator, there were a lot of pseudo-religious aspects to Nazism, including the indoctrination of children. Children were taught that Hitler was the ultimate power, that he was to be valued above everyone and everything. The Hitler Youth, like the troops, military, and civil servants, swore fealty and loyalty directly to Hitler, not to Germany or the Government.

The translation of the recitation:

"My leader! (The child speaks)

I know you well and I love you like father and mother.

I will always be obedient, like father and mother

And when I grow up, I'll help you, like father and mother

And thou shalt look at me, like father and mother."

A poster showing that Hitler was given credit for all the good things that happened in Germany, including the increase in employment (though this was in fact due to changes put in place by the Weimar Republic) and the decrease of homeless people (who were actually rounded up and arrested, most sent to concentration camps and work camps on the grounds of being "asocial," which was a term used to justify the arrest and extermination of pretty much anyone) but all the bad things that happened were not considered his fault at all, mostly being blamed on the Jews or the Bolsheviks.

The rules for the Herrenrasse to retain its purity.

You can read that for yourself...

Some Jews fought back...

But with propaganda infesting literally every aspect of life, it was pretty much possible.

Kids had to use how to use gas masks in school during the air raids in Berlin.

The one thing every American wants to see, Checkpoint Charlie!

Checkpoint Charlie was the most famous crossing point between East and West Germany during the Cold War.

U.S. Army, American flags, and a McDonald's...it's like being back home! Haha!