The Teutonic Knights of Malbork Castle
The small and quiet town of Malbork would have probably never made it on a traveller’s must see map if it wasn’t for the gigantic brick Gothic fortress it its midst (a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
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Eastern Europe
The Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire occupies a special place in the collective consciousness of the West, at once a dark star on
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Auschwitz and the Holocaust
1.1 million Jews and other Nazi “undesirables” like the disabled were killed in the camps in this small town of Poland. The Auschwitz camp has been preserved as it was at the time of Allied liberation as a memorial to those who suffered and died there, while also serving as a constant reminder of the potential of evil to those who live today.
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Great Railway Journeys of Europe
Historian, Julian Davidson, travels from the frozen wastes of Norway to the sunny shores of the Italian Adriatic coast, sampling the delights of some of the most dramatic and fascinating railway journeys in Europe. Airing from December 2014…
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Ceausescu’s Palace of the People
History Facts Where: Bucharest, Romania When: 1967 – 1989 History: Destruction of old city replaced with tyrant’s epic vision of a
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