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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

OKH Mauerwald – Germany’s Army High Command in Mamerki, Poland

Only 18 km from the Wolf’s Lair lies das Oberkommando des Heeres im Mauerwald or in short OKH …

Posted January 13, 2022 (updated May 13, 2022) by Patrick

The Wolf’s lair – Wolfsschanze- Hitler’s Headquarters, Gierloz Poland

The Wolfsschanze / Wolf’s Lair was named after the self-given nickname of Adolf Hitler, Wolf. On 21 June …

Posted August 29, 2021 (updated May 13, 2022) by Patrick

Kriegsmarine Gun Battery Schleswig Holstein – Hel, Poland

The German Navy strengthened the Peninsula of Hel, they added three huge gun emplacements and an observation tower. …

Posted January 4, 2021 (updated May 13, 2022) by Patrick

Featured Fire Control bunker - Hel Poland

Fire Control Tower of the Schleswig-Holstein Battery – Hel, Poland

After the Battle of Hel, the Polish forces on the peninsula gave up the fight and the German …

Posted December 28, 2020 (updated May 13, 2022) by Patrick

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

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

Stalag Luft III - Tunnel Harry and Guard Tower

The Great Escape, Stalag Luft III – Zagan, Poland

Stalag Luft III was a POW camp build especially for Allied airmen in the vicinity of Zagan in …

Posted May 8, 2016 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

Tunnel complex Osowka, Project Riese near Walbrzych

Project Riese – Osówka, Säuferhöhen – Owl Mountains, Walbrzych Poland

In 1943 Minister of Armament and War Production Albert Speer, started, to talk about project Riese with the …

Posted December 6, 2015 (updated August 11, 2022) by Patrick

Oder Warthe Bogen Fortification Museum Poland

The Ostwall: Oder-Warthe-Bogen – Fortification Museum Pniewo, Poland

This museum offers tours inside Pz.W 716 and Pz.W 717 and walks down the vast tunnel system of …

Posted December 3, 2015 (updated May 26, 2022) by Pascal

Concentration camp Gross-Rosen main gate

Concentration Camp Gross-Rosen – Rogoźnica, Poland

Gross-Rosen started out as subcamp in August 1940 of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen north of Berlin. A year …

Posted November 15, 2015 (updated May 25, 2022) by Patrick

Poland under the Nazis (part 1) – Oskar Schindlers Factory, Krakow

From October 29 till November 3th I took a short organized trip to Poland. The organizer called this …

Posted February 25, 2014 (updated February 14, 2022) by Patrick

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