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Alter Jüdischer Friedhof
What looks like a small park was in fact Berlin's first Jewish cemetery, destroyed by the Nazis in 1943. Some 12,000 people were buried here between 1672 and 1827, including the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, although his tombstone is just a copy.
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Jüdischer Friedhof
Composer Giacomo Meyerbeer and artist Max Liebermann are among the prominent Berliners buried in the city's second Jewish cemetery, which opened in 1827. WWII brought vandalism and bomb damage, but the leafy grounds are still dotted with beautiful tombstones and memorials. Men must cover their heads.
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Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche
Berliners call the blasted tower of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche the 'hollow tooth'. It's a poignant reminder of the devastation wrought upon the city by World War II. The church was bombed by the British in late 1943 in a fierce raid that left only the broken west tower standing.
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