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.

Built in 1823, the Brauerei Bodenstein was Magdeburgs oldest Brewery. Turned into the state owned VEB Börde Brauerei in 1946, it ceased production in 1991.

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 ...

Schloss Thierbach – 1990 to 2018. German reunification created a property buying spree in East Germany, when wester cash flooded in. Schloss Thierbach was snapped up in the 1990s by Reinhard Rade, a ...

Know Before You Go. Name: Flugplatz Brandis-Waldpolenz (Fliegerhorst Brandis) Date of Construction: 1934 – 1935 Status: Abandoned, Mostly demolished and converted into a solar farm and biogas plant ...

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 ...