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Fascinating Stories: Xmas Cards from WWII

2013-01-12 by Phil Butler

Soldiers who occupied Jersey back in 41

In one of the most bizarre, and one of the coolest stories we’ve run across in some time, a story about a German soldier having written a letter back in December 1941, then the WW II Christmas card finally being delivered some 71 years later, this is cause for some cheers.

Tags: Christmas cards, germany, history, Jersey, Nazi, occupation of Jersey, strange news, WW II

Seebad Prora: One Hitler Vision Comes to Pass

2012-04-12 by Phil Butler

Colossus of Prora turned festive

In a bit of nostalgia news from Germany, the Baltic Sea resort monstrosity, the Colossus of Prora, is slated to become a luxury German resort of some proportions soon. One of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler’s projects for the Thousand Year Reich, Prora was built in the 1930’s as a Nazi resort complex by the sea, but never actually used as such.

Tags: abandoned property, Baltic travel, Colossus of Prora, Dr. Robert Ley, Eagle's Nest, Hitler, Nazi, Ruegen hoels, Ruegen tourism, Ruegen travel, seaside resorts, Seebad Prora

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