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The Gedächtniskirche or Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is the symbolic centre of West Berlin, an anti-war memorial to peace and reconciliation. Following Allied bombing during WWII, the original, west tower has remained standing as a ruin and is referred to as the “hollow tooth” it is literally an empty husk.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is one of the main attractions of Berlin and not only a magnificent church, but also a memorial of war and destruction as well as peace and reconciliation. It was so badly damaged during the Second World War that only the ruins of the tower remain, which still decorate the building today.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is a Protestant church affiliated with the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, a regional body of the Protestant Church in Germany. It is located in Berlin on the Kurfürstendamm in the centre of the Breitscheidplatz.
