Anniversary of the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb This week has marked the 75th anniversary of what is, unfortunately, one of many black …
75 years on from nuclear attacks of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
WWII
Travel: Pallasstrasse Bunker and Pallasseum, Berlin
The unusual architecture of the Social Palace Pallasstrasse bunker in Schöneberg in southern Berlin is a former air-raid shelter built in 1943 by forced labourers. …
Visiting Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
Auschwitz, everything you need to know before you visit For those who want to delve into history, learn from the past and pay respects to …
Travel: Prora – Hitler’s Butlins on the Baltic Coast
Mein Camp – the Nazi Butlins A few years back on a holiday to Berlin we took the train up to the Hanseatic city of, …
Travel To Do: Gleis 17, Grunewald, Berlin
The dark history of Platform 17 Located in the Grunewald area of Berlin is the railway station Berlin-Grunewald with its castle gate building and forest …