Historical Hitler Walking Tour of Vienna

Name: Historical Hitler Walking Tour of Vienna
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4.8(1004)2 hr 30 minEnglishVienna, Austria

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This tour is done by a small team of 4 historians that want to make people aware of how fast things can change! Learn about the origins and early years of Hitler on a 2.5-hour walking tour of historic Vienna. On this tour, you will hear the History of Austria and Europe from 1900 until 1955. Alongside your guide, you'll find out the answer to the following questions: How did an Austrian postcard painter turn into the world’s most hated man? Where could Hitler and Stalin have met? Plus, you'll see the scars of World War II and visit the only synagogue to survive the Holocaust. Take a deeper look into the darkest days of Vienna’s history.

Included

Licensed and knowledgeable guide

Not included

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities for the guide (optional)
Food and drinks

What you'll do

On May 25, 1869, the opening was celebrated in the presence of Emperor Franz Jos
eph and Empress Elisabeth with a premiere of Don Juan by Mozart. But than after 1938 everything changed including the cultural life in Vienna changed.After the "Anschluss" of Austria, Adolf Hitler visited the State Opera on June 19 and October 27, 1938. The period of National Socialism saw the departure, persecution and murder of artists and employees. For several works there was a ban on performance.
10 min
Memorial Against War & Fascism
Augustinerstrasse 8, Vienna, Austria
The Memorial against War and Fascism is the work of Austrian sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka. It has stood since 1988 on Vienna's Albertinaplatz - named after Helmut Zilk in 2009. The memorial it is intended to serve as a reminder of the darkest era in Austrian history. It is dedicated to all victims of war and fascism.
10 min
Akademie der bildenden Kunste
Schillerplatz 3, Vienna, Austria
Art school that didnt accept Hitler as a student
10 min
Heldenplatz
Vienna, Austria
Heldenplatz on March 15, 1938 Hitler's speech from the balcony of the Neue Hofburg has become the epitome of the National Socialist seizure of power and the broad approval of it - and the trauma "Heldenplatz" for the Second Republic.
10 min
Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial
Judenplatz 8, Vienna, Austria
Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Schoah Memorial for the Austrian Jewish victims of the Shoah Detail Memorial for the Austrian Jewish victims of the Shoah In memory of the more than 65,000 Austrian Jews who were murdered by the National Socialists between 1938 and 1945.
10 min
Memorial at Morzinplatz
Detail memorial at Morzinplatz The former luxury hotel "Metropole" became one of the most brutal Gestapo headquarters in the Third Reich.
10 min
Infopoint Jewish Vienna
Vienna, Austria
The "Seitenstettentempel" is hidden behind a tenement building. The main synagogue of Vienna is located at Seitenstettengasse 4. According to the regulations in force at that time, non-Catholic places of worship had to be hidden and could not be visible from the street. Therefore, the synagogue stands behind a five-story apartment building. Above the entrance gate of the street building is the inscription: "Come to his gates with thanksgiving, to his courts with praise!" on this tour you will visit also other places, we have just added to list the main attractions.
10 min

Meeting and pickup

5 locations

Pickup details

Albertinaplatz 1, next to Albertina Museum, next to the fountain and sausage stand with the green rabbit on the roof, behind the opera and opposite the tourist information - just look out for our green umbrella! Take the underground lines U1, U2 or U4, disembark at Karlsplatz, take the “Oper” exit.