On this private walking tour, immerse yourself in the light and shadow of Weimar's past, encountering the city's “Janus-faced” nature at every turn.

Experience Weimar not only as a city of poets and thinkers, but also as a city of judges and executioners, where the contrast between culture and barbarism is strikingly evident in front of the Schiller House.

At Theaterplatz, discover why Weimar was chosen as the venue for the drafting of Germany's first democratic constitution and the significance of this event for Weimar.

In front of the Goethe and Schiller Monument, Weimar's most iconic landmark, you will receive detailed information about the “Spirit of Weimar” and its significance during the period from 1919 to 1933 – the Weimar Republic.

In front of the historic Hotel Elephant, you will learn why Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists began leaving their mark here as early as 1925.

Understand why the National Socialists had the Buchenwald concentration camp built just five miles north of Weimar as early as 1937.

At the former “Gauforum,” discover why the National Socialists chose Weimar as a “testing ground for Germania” and why a new thousand-year history of the Reich was to be written in this city.