A Nazi built pilot flight training base which was taken over in the 1990s by the CCCP after the reunification of Germany.
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The town of Wünsdorf was once the largest military base in Europe. The town was the headquarters of the Soviet forces in communist East Germany and had a population of 60,000 people, 50,000 of whom where soldiers. When the Soviet army left in 1994 the population dropped to just 6,000.
The town’s history as a military base dates back to before World War one. It was the headquarters of the High Command of the Germany army during World War II, and was a garrison town long before the Soviets moved in.
Wunsdorf was a closed town during the time it was occupied by the Soviet forces, and effectively became a Soviet town in the heart of Germany. A daily delivery via a direct rail link from Moscow allowed the town to isolate itself from the surrounding areas, having its own shops, theatre, leisure facilities and hospital.
The Haus Der Offiziere had it's own leisure facilities such as a theatre and swimming pool. A giant statue of Lenin stands tall in front of the central building.
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Old treasures.
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This place was known as the "Waschkaue" with the baskets that are hung up used where miners used to lock their personal effects in the basket and their clothes and raise them to the ceiling.
The "Waschkaue" was the building within which miners changed their clothes before and after going underground. The pithead baths or showers found in collieries. The baskets are known collectively as "Kaue" or "Coop".
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Old Army medical train. Not used during the war but for exercises. Much unrestored and original.
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