This was allegedly the axe of the last official executioner of a town called Bernau, near Berlin.

I told you! Anyway, this was at the beginning of the top level of the tour; the haunted-house-style attraction. I didn't take any more pictures on this level, as we were too busy getting scared witless over and over again by the very industrious young man in the zombie mask who kept sneaking around and popping up to scare us, at least a dozen times in different locations throughout the bunker. I love that stuff; you know it's just a kid in a mask, but he totally gets you ever time, and you're always terrified of the next time you're going to run into him. That guy did a hell of a job, and he seriously deserves a raise.

Okay, now we're on to the next level, the gorefest that is the history of medicine! These are spooky animatronic coffins! Each scene in this level was based on different weird medical(/funerary/torture/etc) practices that I've read about in my extensive research into the creepy and terrifying over the years. This part was about coffins that were rigged up with communication devices just in case you were buried alive. This was a real thing!

Animatronic amputation! Sweet!

I have no idea! I wish I spoke German; there was a recording of a creepy narrator explaining most of this stuff.

Plague! Depressing!

Okay, that's enough of the second level. Now on to the lower level, the actual historical bunker itself. It's just a big ugly concrete space with two-meter-thick walls, but they packed literally thousands of Berliners in here during air raids. This place saved a lot of civilian lives.

There were lots of cases of items that were discarded or lost in the bunker and later found when the place was opened back up.

I know I'm not the first person to be amazed at old photographs and all the questions and mysteries they conjure up in one's head. This one really grabbed me for some reason.

Whew, okay, that was some heavy stuff! After all that silly ghoulishness with a big dose of real-life misery on top, I was feeling pretty emotionally and physically drained, so we stopped by this very cozy cafe for a cup of tea and a brownie.

The afternoon turned very gray and warm and rainy, and I just wanted to curl up and go to sleep in that cafe.

This is maybe my highlight of the whole Berlin trip; the urinals in the cafe bathroom had an actual playable soccer/football game. The ball is a separate piece you can actually push around with your, uh, stream. Amazing. I can understand why the goalie has abandoned his post.