Hamburg Dungeon

[1] The Torture Chamber show is based on the interrogation of those thought to be smuggling to defy the 18th-century Napoleonic invasion.

There is a recreation of a Plague-ravaged Hamburg street, where the effect the killer disease had in the city in 1664 is animated.

The punishments are always harsh and the court is unforgiving as some of the darkest moments of the country’s history are played out.

The story of the life of the infamous pirate Klaus Störtebeker, who used to plunder the Baltic and North Seas, is told via a brief video.

Visitors are taken on a boat ride which is designed to look like a small raft to take them through the carnage of the city and to safety.