Hamburg 1933-1945: Dictatorship, Firestorm, Remembrance

What's the walk about?

Welcome to a sober and respectful journey through the old heart of Hamburg, tracing the years between 1933 and 1945. This is not a walk of monuments to glory, but of remembrance. Together we will follow the arc of dictatorship, persecution, and destruction: from the Nazi seizure of power and the Gestapo headquarters at the Stadthaus, past the churches that lived through the firestorm and the counting houses of the Kontorhaus quarter, to the platforms from which Hamburg's Jewish citizens, Roma and Sinti were deported. At the heart of it all stands the bombed-out Mahnmal St. Nikolai, preserved to remember the firestorm of Operation Gomorrah in July 1943. We walk slowly, and we walk to remember.

What you'll see

1. 1

   Stadthaus (Gedenkort Stadthaus)

   Memorial

2. 2

   Rathausmarkt

   Square

3. 3

   Mahnmal St. Nikolai

   Memorial

4. 4

   Trostbrücke

   Landmark

5. 5

   Hauptkirche St. Petri

   Church

6. 6

   Hauptkirche St. Jacobi

   Church

7. 7

   Chilehaus

   landmark

8. 8

   Meßberghof

   building

9. 9

   denk.mal Hannoverscher Bahnhof (Lohseplatz)

   Memorial