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Exploring the Abandoned Lager Koralle
by Felipe Tofani | Feb 26, 2022
Before it became the Lager Koralle Bunker Complex, the goal was to build a naval academy in the outskirts of Berlin. But, after some test radio transmission, the Navy decided to change its plans and create what we would call the German Command of the Navy.
Read MoreThe Soviet War Memorial in Alt-Hohenschönhausen
by Felipe Tofani | Sep 21, 2018
Hidden along the streets of Alt-Hohenschönhausen there is a memorial that seems to be long...
Read MoreHunting Down Lenin Statues in Fürstenberg
by Felipe Tofani | Sep 14, 2018
Lenin Statues in Fürstenberg Hunting down what is left of the Red Army around Berlin ; It’s 2018,...
Read MoreA Visit to the Ruined Bunkers in Wunsdorf
by Felipe Tofani | Jun 22, 2014
It was the end of April when we went to Zossen to see the Wunsdorf Bunkers. I came across these bunkers while I read Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor and decided it would be a good place to spend an afternoon.
After some research, I realized that the place is now a museum and you can book bunker tours and this is what we ended up doing. Wunsdorf is a quite unique location since there isn’t any other place where a german kaiser, Hitler, and the soviet military left their mark.