Prussian Palaces

Today began with a drive outside of town to Potsdam. There we got to see several palaces and gardens from the Prussian kings. We visited the Sanssouci Palace (the first picture), the New Palace at Sanssouci (the second picture), and several other important landmarks. It was a very beautiful grounds much like Versailles outside of Paris. We got to tour the New Palace and saw some very stunning rooms.

Next we went to the house of the Wannsee Conference. The Wannsee Conference was a Nazi gathering that decided the “Final Solution” to the “Jewish Problem.” The house is now a memorial and historical site about the Nazis and their persecution of Jewish people in the 1930s and 1940s. It was really sad to see some of the things that these people believed and carried out. There were some very crazy ideas that this whole group of people bought into and worked for….it makes you wonder how people could do such a thing. The house is pictured below: