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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

THE ABANDONED BALTIC SEASIDE RESORT OF PRORA BUILT BY THE NAZIS

  • Prora was supposed to showcase the best of Third Reich architecture
  • Yet Hitler pulled the plug on the project before it was finished to focus on the war effort
  • After the war the Soviets planned to blow the site up - but didn't have enough dynamite 
  • Plans afoot to build a 300-room hotel, with other spaces being sold as flats
  • German resort was Hitler's idea of a 'Baltic Butlins' - a space for family fun and entertainment

  • The monumental seaside resort of Prora in Rügen was built by the Nazis between 1936 and 1939This is the 10,000-room hotel that has never had a guest. 
     
    Situated on the island of Rügen in Germany, the Prora beach resort was built by Adolf Hitler between 1936 and 1939 as a striking show of Third Reich architecture. 
     
    Yet the project was halted, with eight separate buildings having been erected, when the Nazi leader decided to focus on building more planes and war infrastructure.
     
    Prora was destined to be the forerunner of a string of such giant camps whose plans were mothballed due to the war he unleashed on the world.
     
     
    The hotel resort was meant to show off the class of Third Reich architecture - sadly it's been left to ruin
     
    Hitler pulled the plug when the job was half done as he decided it was more important to pump resources into the war effort
     
    The site is currently being sold off and renovated, in the hopes it will one day again be home to tens of thousands of people. Some of the buildings will be marketed as homes for the elderly, others luxury apartments, and still others as a 300 room hotel. 

    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2819204/Nein-Camp-Inside-Adolf-Hitler-s-German-beach-resort-never-single-guest-abandoned-75-years-ago.html

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