German Built Houses, Forced Labour in Kurgan – Russia During WW2 German prisoners of war were transported behind the Ural Mountains in Russia. Some ended up in … Posted December 8, 2015 (updated June 18, 2023) by Patrick in Memorials & Monuments Forced Labour
Jan van Driel – How a Forced Labourer ended up in Sweden during 1944 A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all … Posted July 3, 2014 (updated February 18, 2024) by Patrick in Personal stories Forced LabourMemoirs
Arbeitseinsatz – Forced labour at the Sigla Sicherheitsglas G.m.b.H. company in Gross Kunzendorf N.L. – Poland Hendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated August 3, 2024) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Personal stories ArbeitseinsatzForced LabourMemoirsSigla Sicherheitsglas
Arbeitseinsatz II – Forced Labour at Sigla in Poland In August 2012 Landmarkscout received an email from a descended of a survivor of forced labour in the … Posted October 26, 2012 (updated August 3, 2024) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Personal stories Forced LabourMemoirsSigla Sicherheitsglas
The Foreign Cemetery and Jewish Cemetery – Hauptfriedhof Dortmund, Germany A small part of the main cemetery in Dortmund is for the Jewish and foreign forced labourers. It … Posted August 2, 2023 (updated April 6, 2024) by Patrick in Cemeteries Belgian War GravesDutch War GravesPolish War GravesRussian War Graves
Project Riese – Rzeczka, Dorfbach – Owl Mountains, Walim Poland Construction on Project Riese and Rzeczka started in 1943 and the Germans kept on digging until the Russian … Posted September 25, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Forced LabourGross-RosenOwl MountainsProject Riese
Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – France Battery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of … Posted August 13, 2014 (updated April 14, 2024) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints Atlantic WallBunkers in FranceCoastal BatteryD-DayOmaha BeachOrganisation TodtPointe du HocThe Battle of NormandyUtah Beach
U-boat Bunker Keroman 2 (K2) – Lorient, France Before the first phase of the construction of U-boat bunker Keroman 1 (K1) was completed, the work on … Posted November 27, 2024 (updated December 4, 2024) by Pascal in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints Atlantic WallBunkers in FranceGerman KriegsmarineU-boat Base Lorient
U-boat Bunker Keroman 1 (K1) – Lorient, France Keroman 1 was designed as a dry-dock facility for maintenance and repairs of German U-boats, which used a … Posted October 27, 2024 (updated December 2, 2024) by Pascal in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints Atlantic WallBunkers in FranceGerman KriegsmarineU-boat Base Lorient
The Big Street or “Große Straße” in Nuremberg, Germany In front of the Congress hall starts the big street. With a planned length of 2 km it … Posted May 26, 2023 by Patrick in Third Reich Sites & Architecture Albert SpeerNazi Party Rally GroundsNSDAP
Project Riese – Wlodarz, Wolfsberg – Owl Mountains, Jugowice – Poland This complex was part of Project Riese and was the second largest tunnel complex after Osowka. situated in … Posted August 9, 2022 (updated August 11, 2022) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Forced LabourOwl MountainsProject RieseWeingut 1
Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. … Posted November 3, 2020 (updated May 13, 2024) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields, Weapons Industry & Facilities Fall GelbKamp VughtLuftwaffe AirfieldUSAAF AirfieldV1 Flying Bomb
The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – Poland [...]Read More... Posted December 25, 2019 (updated November 15, 2023) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints, Third Reich Sites & Architecture Bunkers in PolandGerman High CommandMasurian CanalOksbølŁyna
Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, Poland In the Polsich city Gdansk is a cemetery in honour of the victims of concentration camp Stutthof. Concentrations … Posted May 21, 2018 (updated April 6, 2024) by Patrick in Cemeteries Concentration campForced LabourPolish War GravesReinhard HeydrichThe Final SolutionWannsee Conference
Na de Grote Razzia – Rotterdamse scholieren voor dwangarbeid in Duitsland 1944-1945 With great pride we can announce that the first LandmarkScout book is out! After working on this project … Posted October 26, 2017 (updated May 5, 2024) by Pascal in Personal stories AEGForced Labour
The Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel at Herrlingen Cemetery – Blaustein, Germany At Herrlingen Cemetery in Blaustein, Germany, is the grave of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, who was one of … Posted August 10, 2017 (updated August 8, 2024) by Pascal in Cemeteries 7th Panzer DivisionAdolf HitlerAtlantic WallClaus von StauffenbergDeutsches Afrika Korps (DAK)Erwin RommelGeneralfeldmarschallGerman High CommandGerman Panzer DivisionGerman War GravesLucie-Maria RommelOperation Valkyrie
Flak Tower Humboltshain – Berlin, Germany Flakturm Humboltshain is a 1st generation G - tower. The 'G' indicated Gefechtsturm or Combat tower. Its measurements … Posted March 16, 2017 (updated October 25, 2023) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints, Third Reich Sites & Architecture Bunkers in GermanyFlak BatterieFlak GunFlakturmForced Labour
Project Riese, Dynamit Nobel AG, Mölke – Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, Poland Near the towns of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie and Miłków in Poland lie the remains of the Dynamit Nobel A.G. … Posted October 15, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Alfred NobelDynamit Nobel A.G.Forced LabourGross-RosenOwl MountainsProject Riese
