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.

Established in Magdeburg in 1913 under the name Schokoladenfabrik Pflöger & Krause “PORTOLA” – the “Portola” chocolate factory quickly established a reputation for producing high quality chocolates, ...

Der Kaufmann und wohlhabende Gutsbesitzer August Leberecht Bodenstein gründete am 8. August 1823 auf seinem Anwesen in der Sieverstorstraße die Brauerei „Brauerei A. Bodenstein“. Sie war eine der ...

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 ...

While many might be familiar with the cities and military bases of the Soviet guests in Wünsdorf, Jüterbog and Krampnitz – its not a secret that Fürstenberg an der Havel (and its surroundings) was one ...

“Briefly Historic” articles are short posts that have either or would have been posted on our social media accounts (such as twitter / bluesky) as threads. They are brief and interesting tales of ...

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 ...

While Fürstenberg (Havel) had several mills over the past 700 years, only two have made it to relative notoriety – coincidentaly both of them having been owned by the same family. The story begins in ...

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 ...

Every good memorial needs a back story, and the Lions story begins in 1848 with the first Schleswig war. Through a typically complex set of treaties and inheritances, the Duchies of Schleswig, ...