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Beautiful view of the Klus and Halberstadt. There's another cave below.

A playful place, like something out of a fairytale. Just with the trash.

In the foreground is one of the numerous rock formations in the Klusberge hills, known as the Cathedral. With a little imagination, one can discern the remains of a chapel here. During Operation "Sardine," when Anglo-American air squadrons carried out a terrorist bombing raid on Halberstadt on April 8, 1945, four weeks before the end of the war, destroying the entire city center but not a single military installation, many Halberstadt residents sought refuge here.

The Baroness certainly enjoyed it here too.

Beautiful, well-kept park with wonderful trees.

The death of Andrei Ivanovich Behind the camp fences stood the "gallows tree" on which escaped and recaptured prisoners were hanged. Tortures and executions took place in front of all the camp inmates. Sometimes the prisoners had to hang their comrades themselves. The other prisoners were forced to watch these murders. On September 7, 1944, six escapees were hanged after a failed escape attempt. The group had been organized under the leadership of the Russian deportee Andrei Ivanovich, a former colonel in the Red Army. Ivanovich had asked the French prisoner Nevrouz Tzareghian, who worked in the camp guards' bakery, to steal enough bread to feed the six escapees. The escape attempt failed. Three men were arrested by the SS two weeks later and tortured for several days. Among them was a 17-year-old prisoner who gave the name Andrei Ivanovich under torture. Ivanovich was then ordered to overturn the barrels under the feet of the men who already had the nooses around their necks. But Ivanovich replied to the SS: "You are a monster. Hang them yourself." This refusal led to Ivanovich being hanged by the SS guards. It is believed that he was still alive when he was taken down from the gallows tree and thrown alive into a hole filled with concrete. However, recent, unpublished documents from French and American archives cast doubt on the exact "burial" of Andrei Ivanovich. The "gallows tree" is considered a symbol of suffering and horror, but also of courage and resistance.

Great destination especially for children, there is a lot to explore.

In 2017, the rocks were cleared, but now the view is once again severely restricted by the fast-growing birch trees.