Not what it seems
This seemingly typical suburban apartment complex is actually in Berlin and not what it seems. I was taken here during a walking tour this morning of sites in the German capital associated with Hitler and World War II. About where that light standard juts up in the middle of the photo is where, in 1945, the bodies of Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, were burned after they committed suicide with the Russians closing in. Some 50 feet down from that light standard was Hitler's bunker. The East German government twice blew up the remains of the bunker, intent on not having it become a shrine for rightists and fascists from around the world. No sign marks this site today.
In 1945, Hitler's chancellery--a combination residence and office complex--stood where the apartment complex stands now. It was huge, said our guide, stretching the length of "an American football field." This is a couple of blocks from the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Not much could look more normal than this.