German military

Examples of abandoned or forgotten former German military sites in or around Berlin. There were plenty of them and plenty remain to be found.

Flugplatz Rangsdorf

Flugplatz Rangsdorf

Flugplatz Rangsdorf was the airfield from which Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg flew off with a bomb for Hitler as part of the unsuccessful July 20 plot.

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Königin-Elisabeth-Hospital

Königin-Elisabeth-Hospital

Königin-Elisabeth-Hospital saw better days, days when it used to care. Don’t bother expecting treatment now unless you need a roof falling on your head.

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Heilstätten Hohenlychen

Heilstätten Hohenlychen

Horrific experiments on concentration camp prisoners were carried out at Heilstätten Hohenlychen, formerly a complex of sanatoriums, then military hospital.

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Bernau Panzer Kaserne

Bernau Panzer Kaserne

Before the Soviets took over, Bernau’s Panzer Kaserne was dedicated to the Nazis’ Heeresbekleidungsamt, which made or repaired Wehrmacht soldiers’ uniforms.

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Heeresbekleidungsamt

Heeresbekleidungsamt

Bernau’s Heeresbekleidungsamt or “Army Clothing Agency” was where the Nazis had uniforms made for the war effort. No running around in rags for these guys.

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Beelitz-Heilstätten

Beelitz-Heilstätten

Hitler and Honecker were among Beelitz-Heilstätten’s famous patients. The former TB sanatorium became the largest Soviet military hospital outside the USSR.

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Volkspolizeikaserne Blankenburg

Volkspolizeikaserne Blankenburg

In the DDR’s final days, Volkspolizei and Stasi officers arrested protestors and brought them to this police barracks in Blankenburg to brutally beat them.

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