Established in 1940, the Schule für Heeresmotorisierung focused on the technical training of tank crews. In 1954, the Sowjets converted it into a childrens school. Its been abandoned since 1994.

Die Schokoladenfabrik Pflöger & Krause „PORTOLA“ wurde 1913 in Magdeburg gegründet und erwarb rasch einen guten Ruf für ihre hochwertigen Schokoladen, Süßwaren und Gebäck. Das Werk der Portola ...

Established in 1913, the Portola Süßwarenfabrik was one of the premiere Chocolate Factories in Magdeburg. Turned state owned enterprise in 1946, it shut down production in the early 1990s.

25 years (almost to the day) after of Adolf Hitlers suicide – his, and the ashes of some of his compatriots – were unceremoniously dumped into the river Ehle outside of Magedburg. His corpse, as well ...

Wedged in between neatly renovated, and slightly imposing stone clad buildings lies a suspiciously derelict and neglected building. While the city of Dessau-Roßlau (alt. Rosslau) is internationally ...

While abandoned castles and manors are more commonly found across the Oder river in Poland, every now and then we come across a little historic relic like the Schloss Thierbach in Saxony. Once hailed ...

The Flugplatz Brandis, 20km east of Leipzig, was built between 1934 and 1936 during the first wave of Nazi Luftwaffe rearmament. Designated as the “Blindflugschule 1”, it was set up to train Luftwaffe ...

Nuremberg held a special place in Nazi Germany due to its historical significance and symbolic value. The city had been a center of the Holy Roman Empire and was associated with Germanic culture and ...

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 Germans had a knack for building bunkers, from tiny one-man-bunkers to the monstrous U-Boat bunkers in Bremen and Brest. Considering how many different variations of bunkers the Germans built ...