Description: Das Dokumentationszentrum Prora in der Anlage des ehemaligen "KdF-Seebades" Rügen. Hier fnden Sie Infos zu Ausstellungen, Führungen und Bildungsangeboten.
The town of Prora and the “Colossus of Rügen” – originally intended to be a seaside resort of the Nazi organisation “Kraft durch Freude” (KdF, strength through joy) – have become well-known during the past few years and are now a must for every-one visiting the island of Rügen. Prora near Binz lies in Prorer Wiek, the most beautiful bay on the island. Here, between 1936 and 1939, the “Kraft durch Freude” organisation constructed the mostly finished several kilometre long complex of buildings that were to fo
The resort, allegedly planned as a place where “German Worker” may rest and relax, contributed above all, to the preparation of war, i.e. the “strengthening of people’s mental strain”, as several Nazi leaders pointed out, and the pacification of workers, who had been deprived of their rights and whose organisations had been outlawed in 1933.
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prora-zentrum.dePRORA-ZENTRUM | Museum auf Rügen | DDR und NS-Zeit
PRORA-ZENTRUM | Museum auf Rügen | DDR und NS-Zeit