Hey yall,

I'm a photographer doing an art series on the Gestapo, and I'm trying to find places in Berlin that are relevant for the series. I've already photographed Anhalter Banhof, the Bundesrat, Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus, Bebelplatz and the basement to the topology of terror. I still have to get Tempelhofer feld, and SA-Gefängnis Papestraße near Südkreuz.

I am looking for obscure or overlooked locations that might not be in the standard history books or tours. I'm especially interested in places that still have visible "scars" or a heavy atmosphere.. maybe even ordinary residential buildings that were used as safe houses, lesser-known deportation points, or bunkers.

Does anyone have local knowledge of spots like that?

9 points Floppy_D_

Wasserturm in Prenzlauer Berg.

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2 points Safe-Investment214

Of course! I forgot about this! Thank you!

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2 points FriendlyFraulein

Woahhhh I had no idea, thank you!

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2 points maxivonderfaxi

Wow I didn't know that either. Gedenkstätte Köpenicker Blutwoche comes to mind as an example of another lesser known early Nazi crime site.

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8 points maxivonderfaxi
First two don't exist anymore, but I'll post them anyways, since they are lesser known:

Kurfürstenstraße 115/116 - former "Judenreferat" where Eichmann worked

Karl-Marx-Straße 269 and 273 - former factory of Gaubschat, the company that was contracted by the RSHA to manufacture the box construction for the 30 or so gasvans that were used by the Einsatzgruppen to murder around 350.000 jews, sinti, roma and "partisans"

One of the many forced homes that Jews had to live in before being deported: https://zwangsraeume.berlin/en provides a selected overview
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3 points Safe-Investment214

This is perfect! Thank you!

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1 points maxivonderfaxi

You're very welcome. Sounds like a great project!

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6 points Trupedo_Glastic

Schwerbelastungskörper @ Dudenstr? You can also check the tours of Berliner Unterwelten.

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4 points CircuitSurf

Picture kind of looks like Anhalter Bahnhof, but in reality it has whole front wall standing, not only left piece of it.

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2 points Safe-Investment214

Yup!

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3 points LifeNerd

Denkmal Rosenstraße near Alexanderplatz

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2 points Safe-Investment214

Just researched this. Thank you!

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2 points LifeNerd

You're welcome!

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4 points Beneficial_Living216

Bundestag.

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3 points Visual_Collar_3738

Theres an abandoned bunker that has been demolished and exploded from the inside. Its a massive collection of gigantic broken slabs of concrete

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