German Built Houses, Forced Labour in Kurgan – Russia During 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 1944 A few years after the outbreak of the second world war, probably around 1943, the Germans ordered all … Posted July 3, 2014 (updated May 1, 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. – Poland Hendrik (Henk) Hoogendoorn was born on the 1st of February 1921, my grandfather was just 19 years of … Posted February 7, 2014 (updated August 31, 2025) by Patrick in Labour & Concentration camps, Personal stories Forced LabourMemoirsSigla Sicherheitsglas
Arbeitseinsatz II – Forced Labour at Sigla in Poland In 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, Germany A small part of the main cemetery in Dortmund is for the Jewish and foreign forced labourers. It … Posted August 2, 2023 (updated May 5, 2025) by Patrick in Cemeteries Belgian War GravesDutch War GravesItalian War GravesPolish War GravesRussian War Graves
Project Riese – Rzeczka, Dorfbach – Owl Mountains, Walim Poland Construction 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 – France Battery 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 WallBattle of NormandyBunkers in FranceCoastal BatteryD-DayOmaha BeachOrganisation TodtPointe du HocUtah Beach
U-boat Bunker Keroman 2 (K2) – Lorient, France Before 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, France Keroman 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, Germany In 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 – Poland This complex was part of Project Riese and was the second largest tunnel complex after Osowka. situated in … Posted August 9, 2022 (updated May 25, 2025) by Patrick in Weapons Industry & Facilities Forced LabourOwl MountainsProject RieseWeingut 1
Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands Nachtjagdgeschwader 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 AirfieldV1 Flying Bomb
The Masurian Canal. Locks Górne and Dolne in Leśniewo – Poland During the Prussian reign ideas of a waterway between the Baltic Sea and the Masurian lakes were formed. … Posted December 25, 2019 (updated April 27, 2025) by Patrick in Bunkers, Fortresses & Strongpoints, Third Reich Sites & Architecture Bunkers in PolandGerman High CommandMasurian Canal
Zaspa Cemetery – KZ Stutthof – Victims of Hitler’s Terror – Gdansk, Poland In 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 1944-1945 With 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 Forced LabourSurviving AEG
The Grave of Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel at Herrlingen Cemetery – Blaustein, Germany At Herrlingen Cemetery in Blaustein, Germany, is the grave of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, who was one of … Posted August 10, 2017 (updated June 29, 2025) by Pascal in Cemeteries 7th Panzer DivisionAdolf HitlerAtlantic WallClaus von StauffenbergDeutsches AfrikakorpsErwin RommelGeneralfeldmarschallGerman High CommandGerman Panzer DivisionGerman War GravesOperation Valkyrie
Flak Tower Humboldthain – Berlin, Germany Flakturm 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 BatterieFlakturmForced Labour
Project Riese, Dynamit Nobel AG, Mölke – Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, Poland Near 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 Forced LabourGross-RosenOwl MountainsProject Riese
