German Built Houses, Forced Labour in Kurgan – RussiaDuring WW2 German prisoners of war were transported behind the Ural Mountains in Russia. Some ended up in … Posted December 8, 2015 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick in Memorials & Monuments Forced Labour
Jan van Driel – How a Forced Labourer ended up in Sweden during 1944A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all … Posted July 3, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick in Personal stories Forced LabourMemoirs
Arbeitseinsatz – Forced labour at the Sigla Sicherheitsglas G.m.b.H. company in Gross Kunzendorf N.L. – PolandHendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated February 14, 2025) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Personal stories ArbeitseinsatzForced LabourMemoirsSigla Sicherheitsglas
Arbeitseinsatz II – Forced Labour at Sigla in PolandIn August 2012 Landmark Scout received an email from a descendant of a survivor of forced labour in … Posted October 26, 2012 (updated February 13, 2025) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Personal stories Forced LabourMemoirsSigla Sicherheitsglas
The Foreign Cemetery and Jewish Cemetery – Hauptfriedhof Dortmund, GermanyA small part of the main cemetery in Dortmund is for the Jewish and foreign forced labourers. It … Posted August 2, 2023 (updated March 3, 2025) by Patrick in Cemeteries Belgian War GravesDutch War GravesPolish War GravesRussian War Graves
Project Riese – Rzeczka, Dorfbach – Owl Mountains, Walim PolandConstruction on Project Riese and Rzeczka started in 1943 and the Germans kept on digging until the Russian … Posted September 25, 2016 (updated February 16, 2025) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Forced LabourGross-RosenOwl MountainsProject Riese
Maisy Battery – Widerstandsnest 83, Grandcamp-Maisy, Normandy – FranceBattery Maisy or Widerstandsnest 83 was a coastal fortification on the Atlantic Wall near the French town of … Posted August 13, 2014 (updated February 15, 2025) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints Atlantic WallBunkers in FranceCoastal BatteryD-DayOmaha BeachOrganisation TodtPointe du HocThe Battle of NormandyUtah Beach
U-boat Bunker Keroman 2 (K2) – Lorient, FranceBefore the first phase of the construction of U-boat bunker Keroman 1 (K1) was completed, the work on … Posted November 27, 2024 (updated March 9, 2025) by Pascal in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints Atlantic WallBunkers in FranceGerman KriegsmarineU-boat Base Lorient
U-boat Bunker Keroman 1 (K1) – Lorient, FranceKeroman 1 was designed as a dry-dock facility for maintenance and repairs of German U-boats, which used a … Posted October 27, 2024 (updated March 9, 2025) by Pascal in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints Atlantic WallBunkers in FranceGerman KriegsmarineU-boat Base Lorient
The Big Street or “Große Straße” in Nuremberg, GermanyIn front of the Congress hall starts the big street. With a planned length of 2 km it … Posted May 26, 2023 (updated March 2, 2025) by Patrick in Third Reich Sites & Architecture Albert SpeerNazi Party Rally GroundsNSDAP
Project Riese – Wlodarz, Wolfsberg – Owl Mountains, Jugowice – PolandThis complex was part of Project Riese and was the second largest tunnel complex after Osowka. situated in … Posted August 9, 2022 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Forced LabourOwl MountainsProject RieseWeingut 1
Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The NetherlandsNachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. … Posted November 3, 2020 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick in Historic Sites & Battlefields, Weapons Industry & Facilities Fall GelbKamp VughtLuftwaffe AirfieldUSAAF AirfieldV1 Flying Bomb
The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – PolandDuring the Prussian reign ideas of a waterway between the Baltic Sea and the Masurian lakes were formed. … Posted December 25, 2019 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints, Third Reich Sites & Architecture Bunkers in PolandGerman High CommandMasurian CanalOksbøl
Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, PolandIn the Polsich city Gdansk is a cemetery in honour of the victims of concentration camp Stutthof. Concentrations … Posted May 21, 2018 (updated February 21, 2025) by Patrick in Cemeteries Concentration campForced LabourPolish War GravesReinhard HeydrichThe Final SolutionWannsee Conference
Na de Grote Razzia – Rotterdamse scholieren voor dwangarbeid in Duitsland 1944-1945With great pride we can announce that the first LandmarkScout book is out! After working on this project … Posted October 26, 2017 (updated February 20, 2025) by Pascal in Personal stories AEGForced Labour
The Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel at Herrlingen Cemetery – Blaustein, GermanyAt Herrlingen Cemetery in Blaustein, Germany, is the grave of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, who was one of … Posted August 10, 2017 (updated February 20, 2025) by Pascal in Cemeteries 7th Panzer DivisionAdolf HitlerAtlantic WallClaus von StauffenbergDeutsches Afrika Korps (DAK)Erwin RommelGeneralfeldmarschallGerman High CommandGerman Panzer DivisionGerman War GravesLucie-Maria RommelOperation Valkyrie
Flak Tower Humboldthain – Berlin, GermanyFlakturm Humboltshain is a 1st generation G - tower. The 'G' indicated Gefechtsturm or Combat tower. Its measurements … Posted March 16, 2017 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints, Third Reich Sites & Architecture Bunkers in GermanyFlak BatterieFlak GunFlakturmForced Labour
Project Riese, Dynamit Nobel AG, Mölke – Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, PolandNear the towns of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie and Miłków in Poland lie the remains of the Dynamit Nobel A.G. … Posted October 15, 2016 (updated February 23, 2025) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Alfred NobelDynamit Nobel A.G.Forced LabourGross-RosenOwl MountainsProject Riese
