Bunkers & FortificationsMaisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy – Normandy, FranceBattery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of … Posted August 13, 2014 (updated January 16, 2026) by Patrick
Historic SitesThe Massacre at Oradour sur Glane Memorial Center – Limousin, FranceSome villagers had barely seen a German soldier from up close and it even seemed like the Second … Posted August 9, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Pascal
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
BattlefieldsHotel Hartenstein, Airborne Headquarters during Operation Market Garden – Oosterbeek near Arnhem, The NetherlandsThere had been reports of bombardments on the cities of Ede, Arnhem, airfields, and anti aircraft positions, but … Posted July 12, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
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
Military FacilitiesFuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 1, Brûly-De-Pesche, Couvin, BelgiumOn June 6th 1940, Hitler and his general staff observed the advance of the German forces through France … Posted June 25, 2014 (updated January 11, 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
Labour & Concentration CampsPoland under the Nazis (part 1) – Oskar Schindlers Factory, KrakowFrom October 29 till November 3th I took a short organized trip to Poland. The organizer called this … Posted February 25, 2014 (updated January 11, 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
Labour & Concentration CampsPoland under the Nazis (part 1) – Auschwitz 1 (Stammlager)The camp is located South-West of the small city of Auschwitz. It was together with Auschwitz II -Birkenau … Posted February 19, 2014 (updated January 11, 2026) by Patrick
Labour & Concentration CampsPoland under the Nazis (part 2) – Auschwitz 2 (Birkenau)The Birkenau concentration camp is a place where I was transfixed. I never imagined it had this size. … Posted February 19, 2014 (updated January 11, 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 & FortificationsMarine Küstenbatterie Tirpitz – Coastal Battery Tirpitz – Atlantikwall Raversyde Museum, BelgiumThe Coastal Battery Tirpitz started out with the name MKB Saltwedel neu. It is an old naval battery … Posted January 10, 2014 (updated January 11, 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
