Category: Germany
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Exploring the Westwall, Germany
Exploring the remnants of the Westwall/Siegfreid Line gives an insight into the scale of Hitler’s western fortifications.
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Hangar 10, Germany
A big part of why I had traveled to Germany’s Baltic Coast was to visit the small village of Zirchow. And the entire reason I wanted to visit the small village of Zirchow was to go to Hangar 10, a museum which houses a unique collection of rare aircraft.
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Machern Stasi Bunker Museum, Germany
Tucked away near the small village of Machern is a Stasi bunker that remained a secret until the end of the German Democratic Republic in 1989.
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Visiting the Berlin Wall, Germany
Although I couldn’t reconcile the tourist carnival of Checkpoint Charlie with the gravity of what had occurred there during the Cold War, the remnant of the Berlin Wall was a chilling reminder of the consequence of placing social theory and political ideology above human dignity.