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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Germany
WOLF’S LAIR : Hitler’ Hideout
Wolf’s Lair is at once fascinating, depressing and eerie, as it serves as a window into the surroundings of the person who masterminded Europe’s darkest years. It is symbolic for all that contemporary Poland would prefer to leave behind, but at the same time, opening the site up to the world shows that Poland has most definitely moved on.
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The Colossus of Prora- the Nazi holiday camp
After the Berlin Wall fell and Germany was reunited, the complex was officially historically listed. Museums and artists’ studios moved in, but large sections of the monstrous structure, considered the longest of its kind in the world, decayed.
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Berlin’s Museums
Other museums worth visiting in Berlin includes the moving Jewish Historical Museum , the German History Museum and the Stasi Museum , which documents the insidious spy and espionage activities of the old East German secret police. The Topgraphie of Terrors documents the sinister activities of the Gestspo and SS before and during the Second World War.
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The German Empire
During the division of Berlin in the Cold War many of these buildings were in the old east Berlin . Since re unification this part of the city has been given a new lease of life.
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