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0115 9404 303Cold War History School Trip to Berlin
Visiting Berlin will afford your students a far greater understanding of the history of the city in which so many of the twentieth century’s key events were played out.
Walk along a remaining section of the Berlin Wall, visit the Checkpoint Charlie Museum and the Stasi Museum. The award winning DDR Museum offers a hands-on experience of history - the visitor has to take part, to handle the exhibits and to look behind drawers and doors. The museum shows the crimes of the State Security, the border defences at the Berlin Wall and displays the life of the people in the dictatorship. And at the Hohenschönhausen Stasi Memorial guided tours are conducted by freelance members of the team and most of them are former inmates who relate the tour to their own experience in the remand prison. As they were imprisoned for a variety of reasons during different periods of persecution, they provide an insight into a broad spectrum of political persecution in the GDR.
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3 days/2 nights
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Includes:
- Return flights from UK
- 2 nights half board accommodation
- 3 day u-bahn and s-bahn pass
- Free staff place ratio 1:10
- Travel and Medical Insurance
- Detailed information pack and workbooks
- Experienced Itinerary Manager
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Example AccommodationDDR Museum
Welcome to one of Europe´s most interactive museums! Experience history in a vivid, interactive and playful way: The DDR Museum offers you a hands-on experience of the everyday life of a state long gone, the life in socialism. Visitors are welcome to broaden their knowledge in different thematic areas, to reconsider existing clichés and to have a hands-on experience of history. Exhibits are there ...
Hohenschönhausen Stasi Memorial
Between 1945 and 1989 thousands of political prisoners were interned here by the Communist regime. Today, the prison is preserved almost untouched as a reminder of political persecution in East Germany. Guided tours are conducted by freelance members of the team and most of them are former inmates who relate the tour to their own experience in the remand prison. As they were imprisoned for a varie...
Checkpoint Charlie Museum
During the lifetime of the Berlin Wall, this was the only way for non-Germans to cross from one half of the city to the other. Today, Haus am Checkpoint Charlie preserves some of the original structure of the border crossing, including the famous sign reading 'You are leaving the American sector'. The museum tells the story of the division of Germany and concludes with an exhibition on the develop...
Stasi Museum
Under the GDR, the Ministry of State Security, or Stasi, spied more meticulously on the East German population than any other Eastern bloc secret police. This museum preserves Stasi headquarters as it was when the Stasi were dissolved in 1990
The Story of Berlin
The Story of Berlin is a multimedia exhibition with over 20 theme-rooms that lets you experience 800 years of the capitla's development: from its trading centres status in the Middle Ages to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Using modern exhibition features combined with original models, visitors enter different histoircal worlds and feel the atmosphere of the city's then and now. One highlight of the ...
Berliner Fernsehturm (TV Tower)
Visible from almost any point in the city, the television tower was a flagship of east German architecture. From its base in Alexanderplatz, the heart of what used to be East Berlin, it's possible to take a lift 200m to the top in seconds.
Berlin Wall Documentation Centre
The Documentation Center on the history of the Berlin Wall provides historical information and educates the public. It makes information and in-depth programs available to the interested public. Beginning with the historical, political events that occurred at Bernauer Strasse, an area situated at the border between East and West and hence a focal point of German postwar history, the center researc...
Marienfelde Refugee Centre Memorial
The Marienfelde Refugee Centre Memorial is a museum documenting flight and emigration during Germany’s post-war division (1949-1990).Between 1949 and 1990, roughly four million people left East Germany (GDR) for West Germany (FRG). 1,350,000 of these individuals passed through the Marienfelde Refugee Centre. Established in 1953 in the Berlin district of Marienfelde, individuals fleeing East German...
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Flight to Berlin |
Checkpoint Charlie and Stasi Museum |
Evening meal |
| Day 2 |
Guided tour by inmate of Hohenschonhausen Stasi Prison |
DDR Museum and TV Tower |
Evening meal |
| Day 3 |
Story of Berlin and nuclear bomb shelter |
Flight back to UK |
AO Hostel Berlin Hauptbahnhof
This newly-built hostel is well located on a quiet street near the main train station in central Berlin.
Students will generally be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms are en-suite and have modern furnishings/ TV.
There is also a 'Teachers Lounge' where you can enjoy a quiet moment- the room has a pc, printer, internet and telephone.
Hostel facilities include a bar, games room and conference room.
Students will generally be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms are en-suite and have modern furnishings/ TV.
There is also a 'Teachers Lounge' where you can enjoy a quiet moment- the room has a pc, printer, internet and telephone.
Hostel facilities include a bar, games room and conference room.
AO Hostel Mitte
A&O Hostel Mitte is located in the very heart of Berlin and is a popular choice amongst school groups. All rooms are light and have modern furnishings, students will usually be accommodated in 4-6 bedded rooms and staff in twins, all of which are en suite and include a TV. There is also a 'Teachers Lounge' where you can enjoy a quiet moment- the room has a pc, printer, internet and telephone. Other amenities include Billiard table, video games, table football, Wii-Lounge with free game play and a TV room.
Aletto Jugend Hotel Kreuzberg
The Aletto Youth Hotel is a popular choice amongst school groups, it opened in 2005 and has a clean, modern feel throughout. All rooms are equipped with cable TV; radio; alarm clock; bathroom with shower and WC. Students will be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. The hostel offers a spacious lounge with games and Internet access and best of all, two rooms with widescreen TV and an extensive collection of DVDs!
