From the iconic Brandenburg Gate to the tranquility of the Tiergarten, modern-day Berlin is certainly not short of attractions. Germany’s capital is also peppered with clues to a tumultuous and sometimes troubled past. During one of its darkest episodes, as the Nazis rose to power and the world hurtled towards global conflict once more, Adolf Hitler was drawing up plans to turn this city into a mega-capital worthy of his vision for a Germanic new world order. Hitler’s vision Historians have suggested that Hitler’s dreams for Berlin went back far further than his political ascendence. There are mentions of rebuilding...