Labour & Concentration CampsKZ-Arbeitslager Karlshagen I – Usedom, Mecklenburg – Vorpommern, GermanyTo compensate the growing shortage of laborers to work in the Peenemünde test facilities, forced laborers were put … Posted August 20, 2014 (updated January 6, 2026) by Pascal
CemeteriesCanadian War Cemetery Bretteville-Sur-Laize, Normandy – FranceMost of the fallen soldiers on this field of honour fell during later stages of the Battle for … Posted August 17, 2014 (updated January 6, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesThe only Polish War Cemetery in France, near Grainville–Langannerie & UrvilleThe only Polish cemetery in France lies on the crossroad from Grainville–Langannerie to Urville, kilometres south of Caen. … Posted July 25, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
MonumentsAktion T4 – Tiergartenstrasse 4, Berlin, GermanyIn October 1939, Hitler signed an euthanesia decree authorizing Phillipp Bouhler and Karl Brandt to carry out a … Posted July 16, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
MuseumsTankograd, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in Oblast Chelyabinsk, RussiaЧелябинский тракторный завод (ЧТЗ) or phonetic "Chelyabinskiy traktornyy zavod" (ChTZ), is the full name of the tractor plant … Posted July 10, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesCommonwealth Cemetery Arnhem , Operation Market Garden in Oosterbeek – The NetherlandsIn Arnhem, close to the Hartenstein Airborne Museum, is a Commonwealth Cemetery with fallen soldiers from operation Market … Posted July 7, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Personal StoriesJan van Driel – How a Forced Labourer ended up in Sweden during 1944A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all … Posted July 3, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
MonumentsChapelle du Maquis – Brûly-De-Pesche, Couvin, BelgiumAt the intersection of the road leading to Hitler's Wolfsschlucht 1 in Brûly-de-Pesche and Couvin, you will find … Posted June 27, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Pascal
Labour & Concentration CampsFort Breendonk, Willebroek, BelgiumBreendonk was built as part of the fortification defence to protect the city of Antwerp and especially the … Posted March 28, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Personal StoriesA Fallschirmjäger in Normandy, Operation Kursk, the battle of Sicily and Monte CassinoThis is the story of Mr. Gunther A. Hornig who enlisted in the German Army during world war … Posted February 21, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Personal StoriesArbeitseinsatz – Forced labour at the Sigla Sicherheitsglas G.m.b.H. company in Gross Kunzendorf N.L. – PolandHendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsInfantry Stützpunkt Martha – Atlantic Wall Northern FranceOn the beach to the North of Les Ecardines in Northern France there are some bunkers which belong … Posted January 10, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsBattery Oye Plage – Atlantic Wall in FranceOn one of our trips we drove though the remnants of Battery Oye Plage. At first we encountered … Posted January 10, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesLancaster Mk.1 W4960 in the Battle for the Ruhr – Sluipwijk, the NetherlandsFrom the Royal Air Force Station Binbrook in 1943, near Brokenby in England, exactly 13 minutes before 10 … Posted January 9, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesA World War One French Military Cemetery near Ambleny – FranceOn our way from Wolfsschlucht 2 towards the French town Compiègne we drove past a French World War … Posted January 8, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
CemeteriesGerman Cemetery at Fort La Malmaison on Chemin des Dames – FranceFort Malmaison lies near the western end of Chemin des Dames on a former frontline of World War … Posted January 8, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsCoastal Battery Waldam, a unique defender on the Atlantic Wall – FranceTo the north of Battery Oldenburg lies Battery Waldam, named after the village Waldam nearby. Both coastal batteries … Posted January 2, 2014 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
Bunkers & FortificationsBatterie Oldenburg: Heavy Defender on the Hellfire Corner – Calais, FranceThis battery was part of the defence of the Strait of Dover like Battery Todt, Battery Lindemann and … Posted September 24, 2013 (updated January 5, 2026) by Patrick
