Scrap or art? Pruszków Gallery of Steel
There is a very nice and special exhibition in Pruszków (Poland)! Scrap… but different… When you arrive, the first impression is a scrapyard. And that's right, in part…
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Oskar Schindler's factory
Oskar Shindler was a German industrialist who saved (approximately) 1100 Jews from death by making them work in his factories around Krakow (Poland)
Bezirksverwaltung für Staatssicherheit Leipzig
In Leipzig, in the old building of the Bezirksverwaltung für Staatssicherheit (Stasi) now houses a museum that recalls the history of this building and the (dark side of) Stasi in the GDR.
Stasi Headquarters in Berlin
The Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (the Stasi or MfS) was the internal security service in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and its headquarters was in the Lichtenberg district on Normannenstraße. Today it is used as a Stasi Museum.
Tränenpalast - exit hall at the former Friedrichstrasse railway station DDR border crossing
Next to Friedrichstraße (Berlin) station is the old entrance building to the platforms for the tracks that went from West to East Berlin
The Strawberry Country in Horst
Well… if you're looking for something really bizarre… and maybe you know what a Folly is…. (or you have children)… go here! The Strawberry Country. It really doesn't make sense at all to be honest...
Dampflok-Museum Hermeskeil
The Dampflok Museum is located in Hermeskeil. But this is a special museum and something you would not expect with that name…
Trabant museum Zwickau
Zwickau once housed the Trabant factories and there was (which is now also unfortunately gone) a real Trabant museum! (not to be confused with the August Horch Museum, which is another museum).
Deutsch-Russisches Museum
You might not recognize the place ... but here, the German surrender was signed on May 8, 1945. But uhh ... that surrender was already signed on May 6 in Reims? Well… yeah… sort of.
Hötensleben border monument
In Hotensleben there is still a piece of the former East / West German border. Special is that this part of the border was / is right next to the village.
