Military in Berlin

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

This museum is home to a sugar sculpture of the Berlin Airlift Memorial.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.