The Reichstag
The Reichstag is such a unique building, I thought it was so cool to be able to go all the way to the top of the building and look out on the city. The building looks like most of the other old buildings we’ve seen, but it also has a giant dome on the top that has a walkway to the top that swirls around the dome. Once you reach the top the ceiling is open to the sky, and if you look below you can see all the way down to the windows that are above where the parliament meets. This building is important historically because it was very important to the people of Berlin during the 1890’s and World War II. The building played a big role in Hitlers rise to power when it burned down and the Nazis used that to claim that communists were planning an uprising, it allowed Nazis to become the main party. During WWII it was damaged a lot and one of the very last battles took place there and the Soviet soldiers raised the soviet flag there to symbolize their victory. There is so much history that t