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“45,000 sections of reinforced concrete – 3 tons each. Nearly 300 watchtowers. Over 250 dog runs. 20 bunkers. 65 miles of anti-vehicle trenches – signal wire, barbed wire, beds of nails. Over 11,000 armed guards. A death strip of sand, well-raked to reveal footprints. 200 ordinary people shot dead following attempts to escape the communist regime. 96 miles of concrete wall. Not your typical holiday destination.’’
Berlin – Wünsdorf-Waldstadt – Eisenhüttenstadt – Frankfurt Ostbrandenburg – Schwedt – Usedom – Rostock – Schwerin – Glewe Stendal – Halle Neustadt – Leipzig – Karl-Marx-Stadt – Dresden
Whilst we’re known for pioneering travel into the unrecognized and republics of the former USSR as well as volatile places like Chechnya and Dagestan, you could be forgiven for thinking that Germany is a rather tame destination for us. But our tours aren’t designed for Oktoberfest or quaint Bavarian towns. Germany (more precisely, East Germany) is awash with dark tourism sites. From the grim final days of WW2 to its position as a highly militarized and secretive region under the reign of the communist German Democratic Republic for the entire span of the Cold War, The history of East Germany certainly has a lot of what we like!
Each year we run a number of private tours for individual clients or small groups to explore the remnants of the Second World War and the Cold War. Tours focusing on Soviet-era military bases, the history of the infamous Stasi secret police, the battle of Berlin and Soviet and Nazi bunker tours. Whilst some former East German cities have attractions relating to the communist period, such as the DDR museum in Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie or the tourist section of the Berlin Wall, there is a whole host of sites left largely unexplored.
Price at request
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