Built in 1933, the building served as the main training school for german Officers and Tank crews. Between 1952 and 1994 it was the headquarters of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany.

Searching for Hitlers body. After Adolf and Eva decided to commit suicide on the 30th of April 1945, Martin Bormann and parts of Hitlers remaining escort staff were tasked with burning the bodies in ...

The main function of this art was to showcase idealised images of society, though this was later expanded to showcase environmental designs. The bulk of the created works centered around friendship ...

Know Before You Go. Name: VEB Kraftfuttermischwerk Fürstenberg (Havel) Date of Construction: 1912 Status: Dangerous ruin Address: Schützenstraße 9, 16798 Fürstenberg/Havel Geo Coordinates: ...

Our (historical) search for Nazi eagles continues. While we thoroughly covered the history of the german heraldic eagle, from its use as the Reichsadler in the early 900s up until today as the ...

Wittstock Dosse, eine der \u00e4ltesten St\u00e4dte in Brandenburg, hat seine Urspr\u00fcnge in einer slawischen Siedlung. Zum ersten Mal wurde sie in einer Stiftungsurkunde f\u00fcr das Bistum ...

The First Schleswig War. Every good memorial needs a back story, and the Lions story begins in 1848 with the first Schleswig war. Through a typically complex set of treaties and inheritances, the ...

Gates and Arches. Before we get to deep, we should clarify two important terms: Triumphal Gate and Triumphal Arch. A triumphal gate and a triumphal arch are closely related architectural structures, ...

Know Before You Go. Name: Fort Zorndorf (Fort Sarbinowo) Date of Construction: 1883 – 1889 Status: Ruin Address: 74-400 Sarbinowo, Poland Geo Coordinates: 52.621733516996855, 14.66856713794554 Date Of ...

Proving Ground und Nature Reserve Aachen. The proving ground in the Brander Wald on the edge of Aachen has its origins with the military buildup during the time of the Third Reich and was put into ...

His hasty departure from Germany was probably also due to the fact that he had a massive taxt debt to the German state. The majority of the aircraft that he manged to smuggle out – which had formerly ...