World War II in Germany

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.