Gedenkort Weisse Kreuze

Historic Mitte


The seven white crosses on the southern Spree bank behind the Reichstag were put there in 1971 by a group of West Germans in memory of the East Germans who died in their attempt to flee to the West.


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2. Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus

0.06 MILES

Home to the parliamentary library, this recently expanded, extravagant structure has a massive tapered stairway, a flat roofline jutting out like a…

3. Reichstag

0.1 MILES

It’s been burned, bombed, rebuilt, buttressed by the Wall, wrapped in fabric and finally turned into the modern home of the German parliament by Norman…

6. Paul-Löbe-Haus

0.14 MILES

The glass-and-concrete Paul-Löbe-Haus contains offices for the Bundestag’s parliamentary committees. It’s filled with modern art that can be viewed only…

7. Brandenburger Tor

0.2 MILES

A symbol of division during the Cold War, the landmark Brandenburg Gate now epitomises German reunification. Carl Gotthard Langhans found inspiration in…

8. Pariser Platz

0.21 MILES

Lorded over by the landmark Brandenburg Gate, this elegant square was completely flattened in WWII, then spent the Cold War trapped just east of the…