Remnants of War: Ilfracombe/Devon
A slice of Jewish life from the Second World War in North Devon I visited the lovely fishing town of […]
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Walking the Ground: Ordensburg Vogelsang (former Third Reich military training area)
Once a year, the family and I drive all the way from Berlin to the UK, but in order to
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Walking the Ground – The Battle of Leipzig
A snapshot of my time walking the ground in Leipzig! Had a fantastic day in Leipzig today, researching and letting
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Remnants of War – Soviet and German Commemoration of the War Dead
Commemorating the dead of the Battle of Berlin (the Soviet way and the German way) Once the guns had fallen
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Traces of War – Groterjahn Brewery
The Groterjan Brewery – My own local piece of battle of Berlin history This is the former Groterjan* Brewery on
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Walking the Ground – Warsaw Uprising
The Berlin IC visited Warsaw a few weeks ago, and amongst the gems of history we saw in the city,
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Remnants of War – Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair / Poland
81 years ago today, on the 20th of July 1944, the briefing hut at the Wolf’s Lair was destroyed when
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Traces of War – Battle scars at Tempelhof Airport
During the battle of Berlin, Tempelhof Airport became the most important command hub and supply depot for the German forces
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Remnants of War – Hermannplatz 1936/1945/2025
Welcome to Hermannplatz, in northern Neukölln, the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting during the battle of Berlin… Before
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Traces of War – Spang on Leibnizstraße
Well, would you look at that! The S-Bahn bridge on Leibnizstraße, in Charlottenburg, is surely one of the best examples
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