Berlin stood at the crossroads of Twentieth century history; here students study a wide range of subjects from the Nazis to the Holocaust, and the Cold War.
The city of Berlin stood at the crossroads of Twentieth century history from the First World War to the Nazis, to Cold War and the Iron Curtain. This fascinating study tour looks at the contrasting history of one of the most important capital cities in Europe.
KS3 National Curriculum – The Second World War and the Holocaust
OCR GCSE Syllabus – International Relations – Germany 1925-1955: The People and the State
OCR GCSE Syllabus – War and British Society 1790-2010
OCR GCSE Syllabus – World Depth Study – Living Under Nazi Rule 1933-1945 and the Cold War, 1941-1991
OCR GCSE Syllabus – Period Study and British Depth Study – Super Power Relations
OCR GCSE Syllabus – Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939
Specialist Battlefield Guide. For larger groups we have two guides per booking.
Tour pack of information and resources to use in the classroom.
Flights and transfers.
2 or 3 breakfasts depending on tour duration.
Travel by coach from your school.
The city of Berlin stood at the crossroads of Twentieth-century history from the First World War to the Nazis, to the Cold War and the Iron Curtain. This fascinating study tour looks at the contrasting history of one of the most important capital cities in Europe.
Departing from your regional UK airport, we fly into Berlin and begin our first day at the Brandenburg Gate. We look at the Holocaust Memorial, the site of Hitler’s Bunker where he died in 1945, and the area around the gate that was the front line of the Cold War.
We then check into our student accommodation in Berlin.
Brandenburg Gate
Today we spend a full day in Berlin looking at the city from war to peace. We start in the Unter Den Linden at the statue of Frederick the Great, see the old Prussian Guardroom that was once the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, the site of the Berlin Schloss and visit the superb German Historical Museum.
We then see the Topography of Terror Exhibition, a section of the Berlin Wall and then Checkpoint Charlie, another front-line Cold War location. We then travel out of Berlin to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp to examine the history of the Holocaust.
Included meals: Breakfast
Berlin Wall
Unter Den Linden
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
German Historical Museum
We conclude the tour on our final morning in central Berlin where we visit the DDR Museum, giving an insight into life in Germany during the Cold War, as well as discussing the Berlin TV Tower – the Fernsehturm – which dominates the skyline. We then fly back to the UK.
Included meals: Breakfast
Berlin Fernsehturm
You can extend the tour by an extra day to include a visit to the Reichstag building, and examine the battle for this in April 1945 as well as visiting the Berlin Olympic Stadium built for the 1936 Olympic Games.
You can also add additional visits such as the Berlin Stasi Museum, the WW2 German Army Bunker complex at Zossen, just outside Berlin, or take a tour of the largest area of preserved Berlin Wall in Bernauerstrasse.
Included meals: Breakfast
The Reichstag
If you would like more information or would like to customise this tour to suit your needs, get in touch today.
Each of our tours are tailor made to suit your school’s specific requirements.
Our team of experienced specialist guides are both passionate and knowledgeable.
Our tours are carefully designed to meet the aims of the National Curriculum.
You can rest assured that your school trips are safe and financially secured.
