We travelled around Germany's capital with Berlin Expert Jonny Whitlam to explore the rise and fall of the Nazis through the sites of the city.
Exclusive access has been given to Adolf Hitler’s abandoned airport, the Nazi stadium built for the 1936 Olympics and the very room where the Third Reich officially came to an end. There’ll be ruins, models and mega structures - all telling the story of Berlin's dark past…
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:54 Brandenburg Gate
00:06:45 Reichstag Building
00:13:42 Bebelplatz (Book Burning)
00:20:12 Topography of Terror (Gestapo HQ)
00:24:56 New Synagogue
00:36:16 Luftwaffe Headquarters Building
00:39:35 Tempelhof Airport
00:44:07 Olympic Stadium (1936 Olympics)
00:53:11 'Welthauptstadt Germania' 3D Model
00:57:54 Heavy Load-Bearing Body
01:03:12 Flak Tower
01:08:38 Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind
01:18:03 Museumsinsel (Battle of Berlin Ruins)
01:25:35 Führerbunker
01:36:11 Museum Berlin-Karlshorst (Surrender)
01:43:26 Berlin Aftermath WW2