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Inside the Forbidden City: Haunting images show rotting barracks town devoted to Soviet troops in East Germany left abandoned since end of Cold War
« on: January 30, 2017, 01:58:42 am »
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Inside the Forbidden City: Haunting images show rotting barracks town devoted to Soviet troops in East Germany left abandoned since end of Cold War

    The East German military camp of Wünsdorf was once home to 75,000 Soviet men, women and children
    Soviet troops pulled out for the final time in 1994 after end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany
    The town was once a bustling community with schools, nurseries, shops, theatre and swimming pool

By Thomas Burrows for MailOnline

Published: 08:01 EST, 29 January 2017 | Updated: 19:17 EST, 29 January 2017


Vladimir Lenin stands overlooking a vista in front of the officers' building at the former Soviet military base in Wünsdorf

Curtains hang over the stage in the theatre and cinema that has been abandoned since the last troops left in 1994

In this aerial view the officers' building and an auditorium stand at the former Soviet military base

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4168668/Inside-Forbidden-City.html#ixzz4XCq7SQJz
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Re: Inside the Forbidden City: Haunting images show rotting barracks town devoted to Soviet troops in East Germany left abandoned since end of Cold War
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2017, 07:25:55 pm »
It's a shame it is sitting that way...neither a museum, nor used.
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Re: Inside the Forbidden City: Haunting images show rotting barracks town devoted to Soviet troops in East Germany left abandoned since end of Cold War
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2017, 08:17:29 pm »
Looks like you can make movies in a place like that
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