Trespassing Into History

There is virtually no information about this abandoned house in northern Germany. Documents lying around and the interior suggest that it was built in the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Rumor has it that the house was built entirely by a master roofer - but there is no evidence of this. 

There was a large amount of knick-knacks lying around; many of them had probably already been stolen - in any case, after years of abandonedment, the place is very messy. The builder/former occupant also seemed to have either gone to sea or had a great interest in maritime things..... (more)

There is no historical information about this abandoned residual farm in northern Germany.

It is also unknown when the original use as a farm ended and the building was only used as a residential building. ...(more)

Only about 200 meters away from the stone bust of Lenin you can discover another relic of the Soviet occupation, and Lenin has a place there too. It is the headquarters of a Soviet tank army, which was located in a luxurious housing estate during the Cold War. The officers' mess was housed in a former rest home, while other departments were housed in buildings in the surrounding park.

Due to the short distance, we didn't even have to go back to the car, we could go straight there. The grounds were densely overgrown with trees and bushes, but were not cordoned off, so we could simply walk from the road to the mansion-like building that was once the officers' mess. It was here that we crossed paths with Lenin again. A statue of the revolutionary stood in the middle of the thicket, as if he was still watching over the grounds 30 years after the withdrawal of the Soviet troops - his gaze stoically fixed straight ahead.....(more)