‘WEHRWOLF»: Hitler’s headquarters in Ukraine
An extensively detailed historical walk along the former Hitler’s headquarters near the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The ‘Wehrwolf’ military headquarters
ERWIN ROMMEL IN ULM/HERRLINGEN
The historically-detailed tour along the sites of historical significance attributed to the life and death of Erwin Rommel in Ulm and Herrlingen back in 1944.
Sites beyond DACHAU
An extensively detailed walking tour around the territory of the Dachau Memorial Site, a stimulus to ignore the bus ride and to walk 30 minutes deepening into the history of the place
Munich locations and origins of NSDAP
The final article in my MUNICH series would lead you along the preserved and perished locations of the Third Reich in Munich: Hitler’s homes and party headquarters.
NAZI BEER HALLS MUNICH
The history of the Nazi movement and the Rise of the Third Reich is closely connected to a number of public places in Munich, including the largest beer halls in Bavaria.
Beer Hall Putsch March Route
I will take you along all the main locations of the ‘Beer Hall Putsch’ march route, with historical insight into every site or building before, within and after the Third Reich era.
WAR MEMORIAL IN MUNICH
The War Memorial in Munich’s Hofgarten, known as the ‘KRIEGERDENKMAL MEMORIAL’ honors the memory of the soldiers and victims of both the First World War and the Second World War
Third Reich and Nuremberg locations
The city of Nuremberg was once considered as the ‘most German city’ and a number of historical locations and buildings have been preserved or renovated after the War and are still accessible.
Memorium Nuremberg Trials
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg is way more than another tourist site, rather a historical landmark of the Second World War, with its Courtroom 600 and stations of the museum exhibition.
Nazi Party Rally Grounds Nuremberg
Let’s walk along the Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg, a preserved historical landmark and the open-air museum of the Third Reich era with all its parade grounds and buildings.
WW2 Memorial complex in Kiev
‘National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War’ in Kiev, Ukraine, has one among the biggest museum collections on the Second World World, estimated more than 400 000 items.
Sites beyond Auschwitz-1
The enormously large territory of the former Auschwitz death camp includes a number of sites of historical importance. Let’s make a walking tour around the Auschwitz-1 ‘main camp’ to reveal rare touristic locations which matter.
Ian Kershaw — Hitler
An exhaustedly detailed 1000 page-volume biography of Adolf Hitler, written by Ian Kershaw, one of the most prominent historians of our times. I invite you to deepen into Kershaw’s career and motivation, to examine correlation with previous classic Hitler’s biographies (Bullock, Fest, Maser, Hamann, Toland), to draw the lines on popular myths.
Sites beyond Auschwitz-Birkenau
A number of objects of the historical importance on the outskirts of the infamous Auschwitz Birkenau and beyond the camp fence. Rarely visited locations around the Museum.
Oskar Schindler’s Factory Krakow
This legendary working site, known as DEF (Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik) became world-known because of the «Schindler’s list» movie and today host a three-floor historical exhibition on the German occupation of Krakow.
Where was Schindler’s list filmed
Let’s walk an extensively detailed walking route around all the movie locations in Krakow, where Schindler’s list (1993) movie by Steven Spielberg was filmed. Krakow streets, Plaszow site, Auschwitz Birkenau
Adolf Hitler in Vienna 1906-1913
History of the «Vienna period» of Adolf Hitler’s life. Extensive tour along the sites in Vienna, where Hitler lived, used to walk, sell his paintings, spent his time
Triumph of the Will analysis
Detailed historical and movie analysis of the Leni Riefenstahl’s «Triumph of the Will» (Triumph des Willens). Infamous Nazi propaganda documentary movie, which glorified the 1934 Party Congress in Nuremberg and Hitler
Krakow Ghetto today
My on-walk tour along the sites of the former Jewish Ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Preserved buildings of the Nazi Krakow during the Holocaust.
Plaszow Concentration Camp today
I’ve visited Krakow and former Plaszow Concentration Camp (Plaszow forced labor camp) in May 2018 and performed and extreme walking and historical tour along the main sites.
J. Holland — The War in the West
Profound and modern study on the War in the West by James Holland is considered to be on the most authoritative studies within the years.
Hitler in Linz and Leonding
Adolf Hitler had lived in Linz and its suburb Leonding from 1899 until 1907. I’ve visited his school, home, graves of parents and other places.
Anschluss of Austria: 1938 / 2017
Places in Austria famous because of the Anschluss in March 1938 and after-period of the Ennexation of Austria by the Germany. All the sites then and now
Mauthausen Concentration Camp today
Mauthausen Concentration Camp bear Linz is a hystorical monument of the Holocaust, remained today as a Memorial
Hugh trevor Roper The last days of Hitler
Prominent historical research by brirish author hugh Trevor Roper on the Hitler’s last days in Spring 1945
Vienna Monument against Fascism
Monument against Fascim in the very heart of Vienna honors victims of the Second World War, both military and civil
Slavin Memorial in Bratislava
Slavin Memorial Complex in Bratislava honors memory of whose, who died for the liberation and independence of Slovakia
Nazi Flak Tower Vienna
Nazi Flak Towers in Vienna resemble the former war greatness of the Third Reich and the scale of the Second World War
The Destruction of the European Jews Raul Hilberg
Prominent Holocasut book «The Destruction of the European Jews» by professor Raul Hilberg, stiil well-known since first publication in 1961
SITES
I offer you a unique perspective to look at the historical WW2 sites, then and today. Not only to read about the places of battles, about concentration camps, assembly halls but to manage your own travel in areas that are interesting for you personally, as one who is keen on the topic of the Second World War. Each of my articles reflects a result of a multi-week preparation, gathering information, a trip around the world, hundreds of photos and videos taken within the site, work with books and primary sources. Having combined history and travels, I take my reader to the best ww2 sites in Europe, ww2 then and now, as they were back in the 1930-1940s and as they can be observed today. Comparison of photos from the same perspective, amazing stories of post-war changes, thorough analysis of books and documentaries.
BOOKS
Best WW2 Books nonfiction. After 1945, the world has witnessed thousands of ww2 books, the revelation of the collections of documents, published diaries, trophy military archives, court records (for example, materials of the Nuremberg Trial), analytical works, encyclopedias. These World War Two books represent the work and opinions of people who have been witnesses, participants or victims of the conflict, or works of professional historians, journalists, and writers. The general volume of these ww2 history books with military literature covers from one hundred pages to many volumes, which continue to be translated into dozens of languages, reprinted, updated and criticized for their misjudgments.
DOCUMENTARIES
For the last decades, the world saw thousands of different kinds of documentary films about the Second World War. WW2 footage generally differs in quality, the selection of archival cadres, the credibility of specialists involved. A lifetime is not enough to watch them all, but we have enough for the most famous works. WW2 documentaries can be conditionally divided by different criteria, including duration, as not everyone is ready to watch ten hours of military newsreels or interviews with former veterans. Within my WAR-DOCUMENTARY blog, you will find a thorough analysis of the most recognizable and often cited documentary projects on the theme of the Second World War.
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