This is a place steeped in history that also feels a little gloomy. But its transformation from the Nazi cadre forge, via a military training area inaccessible for decades, to a valuable memorial in a wonderful national park is definitely worth a visit.

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August 14, 2017

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Unfortunately I have only one photo from the old swimming pool, where the elite was trained for the Olympic Games. Very worth seeing the complete system with the information from past times. In the mind's eye you can see the past alive.

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June 1, 2016

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Ordensburg Vogelsang is a former educational centre for future National Socialist leaders between 1936 and 1939, and became a military training area after WW II. New headquarter of Eifel National …

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