Explore 5 Abandoned Nazi Sites in Germany Today

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LOST PLACES: Ghost towns of German history - Nazi Villas and GDR Academies Rot in the Woods | WELT DOCUMENTARY Lost Nazi Places: Ghost towns of German history Just 40 kilometers from Berlin lie places that were once centers of power for both the Nazis and the East German regime—today, they are crumbling in the shadow of history. Between sanatoriums, youth academies, and military facilities, a panorama of Germany’s complex past unfolds: from propaganda hubs to Soviet military hospitals to abandoned garden cities. This report follows eyewitnesses, historians, and photographers as they explore “lost places” that serve as haunting reminders of the thin line between memory and oblivion—and the responsibility we bear in preserving them. Forgotten Centers of Power Just 40 kilometers from Berlin lies the Villa on Lake Bogen—once Joseph Goebbels' summer residence and later an FDJ training site. Today, the building decays, though it once shaped global politics. Abandoned Sanatoriums at Lake Grabow Once a cutting-edge tuberculosis clinic, later a Soviet military hospital—now a decaying site attracting photographers fascinated by its eerie charm and dangerous remnants. The Forbidden Wustrow Peninsula Hitler’s air defense school, later a Soviet exclusion zone, today a sealed-off site full of lost potential. Political roadblocks stall efforts to revive this historic landscape. Carlshorst: From Surrender to Museum In Berlin-Carlshorst, the Wehrmacht surrendered in 1945. Today, the museum on site preserves memory amid political tension and commercial interests. 00:00 – Introduction: Decaying sites of German history and their repressed past 02:00 – Goebbels’ Villa & GDR Youth Academy: Power architecture of two dictatorships 08:00 – Life and ideology: A West German undercover at the GDR cadre school 12:00 – Grabowsee Sanatorium: From tuberculosis clinic to Soviet military hospital 22:00 – Lost places of the Red Army: Withdrawal, mountains of waste, and dangerous relics 30:00 – Decayed splendor in Vilmnitz: History, destruction, and digital reconstructions 40:00 – Uncertain future: Investors, blockades, and the struggle between preservation and decay 📺 Watch more documentaries https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-5sURDcN_Zl8hBqkvZ6uXFpP3t55HU9s 🔔 Subscribe to our full documentary channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBAeFXaLV1ZqKqc-Uf3pKaA?sub_confirmation=1