Top 10 Surviving Buildings Built By The Nazis During Their Time In Power

[@gnufz8623]

The most important one is missing: Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. When built, it was the largest building in the world in terms of area covered, and it is second largest to-date, second only to the U.S. Pentagon. With 1.2 km it still is the longest connected building existing. On top of that, it is regarded as the 'Mother Of All Airports', a phrase attributed to it by British star architect Sir Norman Foster (architect of, amongst others, The Shard in London), because it was the first airport building to separate arrival and departure levels. The central part of the roof could accommodate a crowd of 100,000 for the airport to host state visits and airshows. It was the main airport during the Berlin airlift, as others in Gatow and Tegel at that time were too small and both only had 1 runway, whereas Tempelhof had two. And when it closed in 2008, it was the oldest airport terminal building still in operation. Today the airfield is the largest Park in Berlin, and 12 years after closure, the Berlin senate still is not quite sure how to use the listed building.

[@hannahg8439]

@@GuteWohngegendPunktde thanks for pointing that out. I would've blindly believed the person who wrote it was built during the Nazi years if you hadn't corrected it.

[@StAngerNo1]

@@GuteWohngegendPunktde Yes it was built by the Nazis, at least if you talk about the building. The airport was opened before, but the he is talking about building was built by the nazis.

[@StAngerNo1]

Are you sure your numbers are correct? Because I can find a bunch of buildings with a larger footprint (mainly factory halls and more modern airport terminals) as well as Hongkong International Airport Passenger Terminal as longest connected building.

[@gnufz8623]

@@GuteWohngegendPunktde 1923 was the year the Tempelhofer Feld was declared an airfield. The first Buildings, none of which exist anymore, were built in the 1920s. The now existing, giant building was contracted in 1935 and building commenced 1936. Architect was Ernst Sagebiel who was responsible for several Nazi-era buildings, of which some still exist, e.g. the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reich Aviation Ministry) which today is home of the German ministry of finance. Tempelhof Airport was actually never finished because of the war and some of the access towers are still in raw condition from the inside.

[@A_WC_C]

Renzo Piano designed the Shard, not Foster.

[@lassepetersen8573]

The anti air Bunker shown while the Text is about vienna is actually in Hamburg

[@chrisco1183]

and there are more than 3 flak towers in vienna

[@daviddromsky4910]

Thought that looked familiar.

[@markusweber7445]

There are 3 Flak Towers and 3 Flak-Command Towers in Vienna, one of the Command Towers, „Haus des Meeres“is now used als Underwater Zoo because of the giant Aquariums the Structure can carry.

[@TheEmperorAs]

I was super confused because I remembered seeing it there ^^ thanks for the clarification!

[@maxwolf1993]

Fun fact about the rally grounds. Nowadays its used as a racetrack sometimes called the norrisring

[@MultiDevilmaster]

And Rock im Park a festival

[@lemonaid8678]

@firenz shah I wish to attend and possible be head of security.

[@louise_rose]

Bob Dylan played at the Nürnberg rally grounds during his 1978 tour. Introduced a smoking version of Masters of War with the words: "it gives me a special pleasure to be singing it in this place!". :)

[@augsburg83]

It’s NORISRING, not Norrisring… nothing to do with Chuck

[@smctrout4423]

@@augsburg83 The Nuremberg Rally Grounds are too small for Chuck Norris.

[@Timotheus157]

Beautifully and respectfully presented. Thank you.

[@mikelatimer3738]

U German or something?

[@kianjones983]

Nazis don't deserve respect

[@magnajota4341]

@@mikelatimer3738 I hope not. We hate those buildings. But there are just to many of them to just destroy them

[@mikelatimer3738]

@@magnajota4341 exactly mate, why would you leave buildings standing if they represent a dark time in Germany

[@ole0510]

@@mikelatimer3738 I'm German too and I don't know how to feel about this debate. There are multiple sides to it. I agree with you that some of those buildings represent terrible things. But objectively it's great architecture. And I'm somewhat on the fence whether a building is nesesecarily connected to its history. For example Hitler's birth house and his last official address in Munich are now police stations. You'd never know the history of you didn't know.

[@davidpietarila699]

I know that the submarine base (and possibly the anti-aircraft towers) were so well built so overbuilt, that simply too difficult and too expensive to demolish them.

[@petergeyer7584]

Of the three flak towers in Berlin, two were completely destroyed and were covered in rubble and soil to make “mountains” (at the zoo in Charlottenburg and at Volkspark Friedrichshain). The third, in Volkspark Humboldthain, was partially destroyed - but the French engineers who were doing the work were afraid that the rubble from the demolition would collapse on the adjacent rail lines - which were under Soviet control - so they left the side facing the rail lines standing.

[@davidpietarila699]

@@petergeyer7584 cool info! Thanks!

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

The towers here in vienna have a Wall thickness of up to 4 meters and are definitely far too massive to be demolished. So some of them are used in other ways. One houses a big aquarium and zoo, one of them is used by our military, one is used for storage, one is used for storage and art exhibitions and two are just giant pieces of concrete in a beautiful park that serve as a reminder to the past and as a home for a bunch of pidgeons and other animals that decided to live in there.

[@thehighground3630]

@@petergeyer7584 I wouldn't call that completely destroyed. They broke them into several pieces but they failed to totally destroy them. That's why the buried them.

[@eurodoc6343]

Btw, those pictures from Nuremberg were not of the Congress Hall, they showed the parade grounds grandstand. The incomplete Congress Hall sits a short distance away.

[@hubertbowman2492]

Beautiful video and music!

[@citizenph1L]

Some notes: - Two surviving flak towers are in Hamburg. One is used as a base for solar panels and power management, the second is used by several companies, a music school and some office space or something like that. Also there are a lot of standalone air raid bunkers in Hamburg that are being converted into commercial spaces or housing - Prora is nowadays being renovated and converted into housing for rent and sale

[@RadioactiveSaddam]

Not the whole building i belive. KDF Prora is so large. Last time i was there only 1/6 was some kind of motel. 1/10 was in extremely bad condition.

[@citizenph1L]

@@RadioactiveSaddam Yup. To the far north there is a youth hostel, the southern part of the north wing though still are ruins. The south wing is being renovated for housing, with a large part already finished

[@IgiSzy]

In north-west Poland flak towers still become a shelter for civilian

[@Aikaramba12]

They messed up the olympiastadium, should have kept it original without the disgusting modern architecture

[@redopps8438]

Another Norwegian!

[@Aikaramba12]

redopps norsk??? :-)

[@takeshiwatanabe1448]

Norwegian Smörebröd you fuck!!

[@Aikaramba12]

Takeshi Watanabe i want smørbrød (sandwich) yes

[@willaries4182]

The Olympiastadion was updated to get a better use for football. In fact it's still too shitty, so that Hertha BSC is trying to get another Stadium in Berlin. The Olympiastadium (still) looks good from the outside, but inside its just useless.

[@LoneWolfArmouries]

Just been on holiday to visit the eagles nest and it's stunning. The train station in Berchtesgaden was built by the nazis also and is still used, Hitler's private platform is now a pub

[@lindsaypeterholden2701]

YES, just been this June,Fantastic Station with beautiful ceiling murals.well worth a visit, and also obersaltsburg stunning scenery.

[@josephleonard6695]

@@lindsaypeterholden2701 too bad the British leveled the Berghof. would have been interesting to visit

[@fanroche8573]

@@josephleonard6695 moron

[@PPUMB2]

@@davids.654 well but the look from the eagle s nest is awesome u cant complain bout that. I mean how often u get a chance to drink beer on the top of the bavarian alps ? 🤣 In a bar I mean

[@anthonycraddock6739]

@@PPUMB2 yeah sounds fab and as much as generally we all know Nazi ideology is horrendous ,we don’t need the political police to knock down stunningly built buildings .

[@RubsfromRamsey]

Im amazed that those buildings in Berlin survived the mass bombings by the allies

[@reallyhappenings5597]

They obv were not bombed

[@samanli-tw3id]

DavidfromRamsey They weren't military or industrial buildings so they weren't bombed.

[@mynameismyname8366]

@@samanli-tw3id It was far from just military or industrial buildings that were bombed... Germany and in particular Berlin was a moonscape in 1945. Have you ever heard of the Hamburg, Dresden, and Tokyo bombings? The Allies used napalm on cities and then dropped conventional bombs once the fires stopped and the survivors thought it was safe.

[@RadioactiveSaddam]

They didn't level the whole city...

[@oktfg]

Air ministry was left intact so it could be used as an administrative building by the allies upon victory. The other buildings held little strategic value worth committing air crews and aircraft to bomb, except the submarine pens which when targeted.

[@samanli-tw3id]

You forgot Tempelhof airport and Wolfsburg VW factory.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

I thought Tempelhof was an airfield, during the Weimar Republic?

[@bradygiltz5160]

It says top 10 not every single one

[@marky4x429]

Correct. And VW is SO proud of its roots. It should have been mentioned. Try to make a documentary about that building complex. I am sure VW will be eager to assist u with this.

[@marky4x429]

@@bradygiltz5160 If Tempelhof is not one of the Top 10...what is?

[@radio-su6lh]

Exactly. Berlin Templehof is one of the most famous nazi buildings in the world!

[@himangshuarnheimbora4150]

Everything that they built was gigantic in shape

[@louise_rose]

And they wanted it to be even bigger - check out the megalomaniac plans for Germania, the new capital meant to expand Berlin! (actually. some of the projects were so oversized that the muddy ground around Berlin wouldn't have been able to carry them) ;)

[@PrincepratapsinghRawat-cw5em]

​@@louise_rosetrue world capital germania no doubt they had the greatest and biggest of all plans and dreams in history

[@semaroxx]

Also a huge project from the nazis that still exists is the Maschsee. The biggest lake of Hannover (my hometown). Made by around 1.600 men from 1934-1936!

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Why did they make it?

[@therightway1413]

Evil nazis building lakes. How dare they 😂

[@NOLAgenX]

I’ve been to several of these many times. My father was USAF and we spent my 4 high school years in then-West Berlin. He worked at Tempelhof Central Airport, which is where the Air Force contingent in Berlin operated. I was surprised it wasn’t on this list. It is one of the largest buildings in the world, still, and probably the most large and massive building the Nazis built. I went to many concerts at the Waldbühne in the Olympic Stadium Complex, including Queen, Elton John, Foreigner. I actually got to graduate in the Olympic Stadium, with the scoreboard wishing Congratulations Berlin American High School Class of 1985. Finally, the Nuremberg rally field was for 3 decades controlled by the U.S. Army, and the field was where Nürnberg American High School’s football field was. I got to play against them on that field twice. In all the the locations I was well aware of where I was in relation to history, and very thankful I had the opportunity growing up. Thanks so much for the video!

[@kevn9002]

was in Berlin at the same time serving at the British military Hospital, went to the waldbuhne too to see Queen, also did the Berlin 25km race which finished at the Olympic stadium

[@NOLAgenX]

@@kevn9002 Awesome to hear! The number of either allied military, civilians or dependents that actually lived in Berlin during the Cold War really is a small number. Thanks for your service to your country!

[@mistercopeland4740]

1:46 the "Flak Tower" is in Hamburg!

[@kailahmann1823]

Serving as a Nightclub today - no matter how loud the party is, nothing will be heard outside ;)

[@salam-peace5519]

The building at 1:46 is actually in Hamburg. I have actually been to that place, nowadays it is sometimes called "Medienbunker" (media bunker) because there are a bunch of media businesses in it, including a private media/game design college that has classrooms there.

[@beatspopo]

I cant believe they created such architectures design in the 40s.. They surely advanced tho.. Those designs feels like they were from the 70-90s

[@MonsieurCorbusier]

Some did, some others felt like they were from antiquity due to the nazis adoration of neo-classicism, which is nice. Beautiful.

[@ChopperV-8807]

Why are people today so against Totalitarianism, but not Communism? Just asking..... 😕

[@matthewhemmings2464]

People are as much against communism as totalitarianism. One simply didn't start WW2 and caugh killing millions of people in industrialized death factory. Stalin was more discrete with the Gulags and such.

[@krashd]

Because totalitarianism is evil and communism is not. Hitler and Stalin were both totalitarians, Stalin just liked to think he was communist but his ideology was similar to that of the Kims of North Korea with Stalin demanding to be called Father of Russia, he had a cult of personality. Pre-Stalin Russia and post-Stalin Russia were communist but not the bit with him in it. Don't worry, it's a common mistake to think Stalin is the poster boy of communism, Americans feared it so they gave it the face of the worst tyrant associated with it, surprised they don't do the same with Hitler and socialism but they know most people would realise that Hitler was about as socialist as Robert Mugabe.

[@krashd]

Hahaha, the brainwashing is strong in this one.

[@krashd]

Coming from someone who thinks communes are evil...

[@oms7963]

Thomas The Dank Engine, Very true. When people are in poor situations in their country, they look for more extreme solutions like nationalism and communism. Both killed so many people in nearing and during the Second World War. I dont know why so many people think Communism would work. That being said, I think its worse to endorse Nazi'ism that Stalinism, regardless of who fought who during the Second World War.

[@HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

I've been to Prora -- I've read that it's the longest inhabitable structure (as opposed to a wall or dam or whatever) in the world. Weird record to be held by a holiday resort on the Baltic.

[@crcka]

Where is Wolfenstein castle ?

[@bobdoe4149]

The Volkshalle wasn't ever built...

[@jdl6881]

cka fella not real but it is copied of a similar castle I forgot which one thst was really old medieval age that the nazis used for a base

[@UnmenschgebliebenerMann67]

Yuu mean the Wewelsburg.

[@OldSchoolNiner]

That's funny. I love about 5 minutes from Burgruine Wolfstein. Nothing to do with Nazis though.

[@brunostiglitz7535]

It’s a fictional made up castle in which resembles one of the SS castles on outer suburbs of Germany

[@gregoryheim9781]

??? What about Templehoff in Berlin?

[@xenomorph1078]

Gregory Heim Tempelhof 😉

[@TheFuzZGamers]

What do you mean little use on the Prora Holidary Resort? I was there last year and most of the buildings are currently being rebuilt to a so called "mega resort" and the private investors plan to make it a renting and selling holidays homes.

[@brokentilebench]

Viral Legion considering its history I wouldn't be so upbeat to stay there

[@willaries4182]

The point is that the Prora is a financial disaster since German is united and a lot of people tried to find a proper use for it but failed it. The reason they fail, is the fact that it was built so that you can't get meeting places, commercial stores etc. next to it. To sum it all up: It is really boring. You might want to watch some documentaries about it, if you are interested.

[@josephmatthews6432]

@@willaries4182 in a

[@NoirFan01]

I learned of Prora Holiday Resort last year watching a short gay-themed film that was shot there called PRORA.

[@danielchristoph4576]

Few days ago I've read that Prora is beeing restored right now to modern Apartments.

[@constantintonagel2357]

Yeah, but the companie is broke now...

[@danielchristoph4576]

@@constantintonagel2357 The owner of Block 1 was broke in 2018, still the work goes on because obviously other Blocks are owned by other Investors.

[@boddenkieker1061]

Some blocks are ruins, some are Appartements and one is a youth hostel.

[@albertoamoruso7711]

The fascist architecture was the last great building style of the western culture

[@Exodon2020]

I personally hate Neo-Classicism which I always found too bombastic for its simple lines. But I like the Gründerstil instead which happened to be the German answer to the Victorian style.

[@126Edward]

Wernher von Kerman agree whith you. Gründerzeit Style is very beautiful.

[@generalaccount6531]

Art Deco, Bauhaus and Stripped Classism ( not Neoclassicism neither and is a more specific term for the fascist architecture ) are the great 3 western architectural legacies of the first half 20th century. Unfortunately, only the first two schools remain influential to this day, especially Bauhaus, of which principles are applied beyond Architecture. For example, the flat design movement which replaces the ugly Skeuomorphism in the late 2000s are developed on Bauhaus functional simplicity and placement of words on a blank sheet of paper Stripped Classism has ostensibly been forgotten and ignored in architectural design for no apparent reason other than the fact that it was praised by the third Reich. The look that stripped classism offers are perfectly suitable for government buildings, banks. library, museums and metropolitan landmarks. But people just don't want their buildings to look "Nazi", it seems. Just like how firmly oderly the uniforms for the Wehrmacht officials look, yet no standing military force nowadays dares to mimic that design and patterns.

[@albertoamoruso7711]

I think you are right. I personally don't adore Bauhaus design, but i acknowledge it's a great avant-garde movement. I LOVE like crazy both Art Deco and all the forms of Stripped Classicism; I'm partly satisfied because in Italy we still have a lot of fascist-era buildings, but it's a pity people don't recognize its greatness and hate it due to what fascist did in Italy during the 20s.

[@thegregbrookhouse8667]

bless up Albert Speer

[@us-Bahn]

Regarding the Olympic village: where are the guard towers & high voltage fences?

[@hallejohn]

Thank you for the video. But for me, to read the text AND watch the video, it both changes too quick. I am not a slow reader, but you should last text and picture at least 3 to 4 seconds longer.

[@Elmo_Fuddleputt]

Those Lugerheads sure knew how to pour some concrete, didn't they?

[@davidmarshall1259]

Elmo Lugerheads? You mean Germans. Listen sunshine, I’ll give you a little known fact. About 150 years ago there were more German speaking natives in America than English speaking. If you studied genealogy I think you’d be disturbed to find that there are more Americans with German ancestry than any other European country. Think carefully before name calling coz it might bite you on your arse. You little German.

[@米空軍パイロット]

Matt Warner Some of these structures were built too early for that.

[@joelblair]

so sensitive. Nothing wrong with calling em Lugerheads.

[@leonk.1031]

Matt Warner No you don‘t know much about our history but you think you do probably. But Hitler was also voted because he wanted to give the people work because very much people had no work because of the Economic crisis that was caused by the USA.So that were some of the projects Hitler made to give the people work.

[@smithnwesson990]

@@leonk.1031 Lol when in doubt judt blame America. Do Europeans ever take responsibility for their problems?

[@toaditoad1656]

Could you please make the time the text appears in the video longer. FFS make the video not 4 min long, instead make it 6-7 min, so you could actually read the text without jumping or stopping the video. Good video, but this ruins it

[@petergeyer7584]

In addition to the flak towers in Berlin (actually, only 1 still survives, and that is half-destroyed), there are also numerous large - largely intact - bombproof civilian shelters scattered through the city. Of them, one is a privately-owned art gallery and one was until recently a museum and haunted house. Another had an apartment building constructed completely around it because it was impossible to get rid of.

[@kieskop4684]

The building shown at 4.00 is Burg Vogelsang in The Eifel.

[@oliversmith9200]

Interesting, and in some locations, surprising survivals. It's almost always good to preserve useful and historic architecture.

[@ferrelli76]

Slow down with the pictures moving to fast can’t even study the pictures for a second

[@sdvsraw2010]

You can pause the video

[@marcuswatson4910]

@@sdvsraw2010 ^

[@paolopoempel3048]

I've been in the Olympia Stadion twice. First time in 1975 with the original look and then decades later after the rooftop renovation. I thought they kept the harmony of the architecture in a good balance and they enhanced the comfort of that building. Maybe it's just because i love sports

[@biggvshavtivsdickvsii8541]

No doubt about it that the Germans built things BIG in those days! Fantastic to see monuments that were used in wartime are now tourist or government branch havens.

[@stevenpilling5318]

I was stationed in Nurnberg and visited the Platz once. I was on patrol and drove into it... at night! Very, very eerie.

[@Syberz]

Very cool, but the editing is quite bad. The transitions are much too quick, we barely have time to read the text and if we do, we don't have time to see the pictures.

[@Spartan117JMC]

man.. that music!

[@erebus8579]

I live near the LORIENT submarine base: even after so many years I walk past every day and it still impresses me as much

[@TheDoof0412]

I've been to Lorient couple of years ago and i'd like yo go back there just for the base

[@erebus8579]

@@TheDoof0412 Hello, it's a monument that's still so impressive when I see it almost every day, when we went to the beach, we see the French submarines heading for the high seas by taking the path between Lorient and the Ile de Groix. Almost 80 years ago it was the "gray wolves" who took this path!

[@drowssapma]

Would love to go see that. I leave Lorient in Silent Hunter 3 all the time to "go on patrol" to fight the tonnage war.

[@erebus8579]

@@drowssapma 👍😉

[@jennifersman7990]

What about the Autobahn and the Nurburgring racetrack?

[@TheJig1196]

Btw in Vienna there were three pairs of towers which are still standing today

[@Dixnowy]

Regarding architecture both Italian Fascists and the German Nazis were masters but what fascinated me most was the Olympia Stadion

[@shaenj]

The speed of each picture is WAY to fast. Double might be still too slow. Presently gives no time to examine each building.

[@shooterqqqq]

Use the settings tool in the right hand corner to slow the video down. You can also speed it up if you wish.

[@shaenj]

@@shooterqqqq Or you could run this channel properly as better channels do.

[@donovandelaney3171]

They need to restore that building.

[@Owdaks]

They built them themselves ? A roman coliseum (giant stadium) in 2 years, flak towers, resorts, some more greek and roman monuments like the Rally Grounds, NS Ordensburg, the chancellery, with more than 100 meters of mirror polished marble. They build that themselves ? They had the manpower, resources, tools to do it ? We have troubles doing it today. I don't see any pic of the foundations, only scaffolds when they are already built. But i guess chicago's world fair in 1908, san francisco in 1870, make sense too. It's kinda odd when you think about it. All those monuments looking like ruins already when they were built. All built during wars, depression eras, migrations. Makes you think.

[@EinChris75]

The flak towers of Berlin are all destroyed. No one of them is "still standing today". The building at 2:09 is not the Congress Hall of Nuremberg. It's the Zeppelin rostrum which is shown. The Congress Hall looks like the Colosseum in Rome.

[@CJ-zk4is]

EinChris75 You are able to visit one of them in the Volkspark Humboldthain.

[@EinChris75]

Cjavn i already did so

[@emiltischbein7125]

in vienna there are six not three. the second shown flaktower is in hamburg. we do not have flaktowers in this style. the first ist located in the augarten in vienna. thy are all situated in pairs, one for the Radar and Spotlights, one for the guns. when you see a map of vienna, you will find them arranged as a triangle. four of them still in use, two of them inside to destroyed for any using.

[@qlunk]

Actually kinda disappointed they didn't show the actual congress hall. I remember when I saw it as a kid the first time and just wondered wtf this half colloseum was doing there^^

[@rhannay39]

Emil Tischbein+ I have visited the flak towers in the Augarten. They are very impressive structures.

[@Captchaaa]

correction: All 6 flak towers in vienna "survived" if you want to say so... as far as i know. 1 combat and 1 lead tower each in a triangular position around vienna's inncercity ... one used as a maritime museum and one integrated in a military base, the others kind of abandoned due to their condition

[@fabianfelten4712]

there is at least one flak tower still standing in hamburg

[@therealschoolpsychologist9772]

It is German architecture, above all else, and always worth admiring.

[@sheep1903]

I think it's important to realise that you can both appreciate the architecture AND recognise the actions of it's creators. Just because the Nazis weren't the best people, doesn't make their buildings any less beautiful. The Reichskanzlei in particular was stunning.

[@project0624]

We blamed Germany for the First world war. We ignored them for a few years only for the Nazis to rise from the dark and start the most bloodiest conflicts in human history.

[@Michaelbdoug]

The words came and went pretty fast. The video felt like work

[@ninodino444]

you are simply a slow reader. Work on yourself!

[@Sound_Spark]

Then learn to read like a normal human being. The video pace was slow. If anything it could of been faster.

[@G_xx_]

Nino dino and soundspark. Life isnt always a race. Relax a bit yeah. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jrdnwhtny1]

@SpundSpark could have or could’ve. Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve. The word of is not to be used in place of have.

[@Peruvianbean]

Change playback speed or pause the clip to read?

[@chrissmith1521]

video is hard to watch. Too much panning, transitions and text overlay and special effects.

[@MrTomengle]

He sure kept a lot of masonry builders working.

[@louise_rose]

or POWs from the east, at least for the raw materials?

[@johannesstolitzka6983]

In Vienna actually 6 Flak towers are still standing. 3 main towers and 3 L-Towers. They were plans to destroy them, but as they were built in densely populated areas, it have been too dangerous to blow them up. One of the L-towers is a public aquarium located in the 6th district. 2 are in the 3rd district and 2 more are in the baroque Augarten park. One main tower is in the 7th district near the aquarium, but is not visible for visitors, because it is located in the middle of a big housing block of the Austrian army

[@fleinze]

5) Three pairs of flak towers were built in Berlin and Vienna, so a total of 6 in each city. All 6 Towers in Vienna are still standing.

[@BLACKHYDRAWARGAMING]

1:49 Flak tower is not vienna its Hamburg, Germany de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger_Flakt%C3%BCrme

[@zdta]

yes, its true, The Flaktürme 4 () is near stadium od St.Pauli, Hamburger DOM at St.Pauli bezirk, before You post anything ,please check carfully your given informations

[@pingjuaneza2547]

Pls tell me the music used in this video? Pls pls?

[@pingjuaneza2547]

i love it! fits so well with your video awesome! thanks =)

[@thezdbailey]

This is incredible. Love the art, hate the artist...

[@plaguedoctor1544]

Go pound salt

[@thezdbailey]

@@plaguedoctor1544 Ok. Good talk...

[@max_six]

What about Tempelhof Airport?

[@litty4913]

The Flak Tower you showed last is the one from Hamburg i guess. Nowdays they make efforts to make it look better and its still in use. There are Instrument Shops in it.

[@_TeXoN_]

You forgot what was once the biggest building of the world. Tempelhof Airport. Located in the middle of Berlin it served as an airport until 2008.

[@supercooled]

The submarine base was in Medal of Honour Allied Assault. Such a poignant reminder that there is beauty even in tragedies and vice versa. We are capable of such marvels but that same gift can also manifest in other unsavoury permeations. The mercurial nature of life makes it very interesting.

[@jfirebaugh]

The army base offices that I worked in when I was stationed in Kaiserslautern were built during the Nazi period. The main building had a Nazi eagle/wreath/swastika above the entrance. The swastika had been removed and somebody knocked the head off the eagle, but it was still recognizable.

[@kevinkennedyquandt4440]

Very nice video

[@commonce420]

WarHistoryOnline You should do a video about the surviving organizations, companies from the Nazi Germany. An example that I know of, is M.A.G.I.C. - research institute established to support the V-1, V-2 intercontinental rocket programmes. Today it is Europe's leading facility for research on light non-/metallic materials especially magnesium and titanium. Loved the video! Keep up the good work.

[@HerrMurmeltier]

We all are happy that this horrible time is over and we hope that there will never be something like that again!

[@Mrtweet81]

How long did the stadiums and villages in Rio last...?

[@Kyle_Lurz]

I’ve been to the Eagles nest the view from up there is absolutely stunning

[@johannsebastianbach9003]

And people just said that we were just rude and brutal killers We have a good side and this side is the side that no one has And that side is our loyalty our loyalty keep us strong if only we had time to explain

[@Paulinrnke]

You have no right to a “good side”.

[@connorross4571]

Our People have lost their hope, pride, and Nationalism for the Fatherland. I'm half Ludwig and half Ross.

[@samanli-tw3id]

It least, you have democracy now.

[@fudeldideldu]

The Houses on Rügen got a big overhauling, looking luxurious and modern today.

[@guppybs]

yes. some parts look like DDR last year

[@fasthracing]

Or the ex IG Farben building in Frankfurt. At the time of construction the biggest office building in Europe. same architect as Prora and very similar inside, though built of much higher quality materials. Prora is mostly just concrete.

[@AML2000]

The IG Farben building predates the Nazi era. They started building it in 1928 and finished in 1930. It's in the so-called modernist New Objectivity style.

[@armanheydari5171]

They should have build the germany insted of making war

[@franks2910]

Think about this for a minute: France had already invaded Germany 2 times between the wars. At the time everybody knew the Soviet Union was just building up their military so they could overrun Europe. Poland and Germany would have been their first victims. What would you have done?

[@janrendek]

I’ve been to the Vieneese Flakturm. Yes, it’s an aquarium these days, you can get inside and marvel at wall thickness.

[@Bricketjosh]

The big FLAG-tower you showed at 1:46 is standing in Hamburg, not in Vienna. Check your informations...

[@entity1566]

I watched many football games in the olympic stadium in Berlin and it is nice.

[@deepalib3096]

Feeling overwhelmed to see these structures

[@3thingsfishing427]

I'm glad Germans can learn from their history instead of erasing it like we do here in the US.

[@yourlocaltoad5102]

Why can’t you learn from your history and how are you erasing it?

[@NickAndriadze]

A few others I know -The little Reich Chancellery near Hitler's resort, the heavy load-bearing object in Berlin, Goebbels' Propaganda Ministery, the underground highway of Germania project, etc.

[@babyyoda3497]

There is also a Flak tower in Hamburg

[@arne.munther]

You forgot the flaktowre in Hamburg.

[@anglosaxon105]

Some of their best known architecture is characterised by its ornate wooden doors

[@paultoqueboeuf2881]

Today, the Keroman submarine base is also the biggest port for offshore sailing in the world

[@louisboland7205]

1:46 bro the picture is in Hamburg, Germany...I’m living here It’s about 1200km away from Vienna.

[@twa9]

Yes, I would like to know the author of the music too.

[@bengamble9204]

War History Online that song is beautiful would like to have it available

[@steffenrosmus9177]

You forgot the large Swastika shaped Fortress on the dark side of the moon😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@TIN-TINclips01]

Mnistry of aviation from money heist

[@BirnexDxD]

showing a picture of the flak tower (Feldstraße) in Hamburg while text says Vienna -.-

[@bigglesflysagain1749]

What about Tempelhof airport in Berlin ???

[@Eickes1]

Ordensburg in Sonthofen is also still in military use called now "Generaloberst-Beck-Kaserne"

[@KrautGoesWild]

Parts of the Rally Grounds in Nürnberg are a parking lot nowadays (there are fair grounds close by).

[@martinmoller5591]

The location of Olympisches Dorf is named "Elstal". Prora is not far from my birthplace in Pommerania. The Aviation ministry is one of the few buildings used by NS governement, east german governement and FRG-governement.

[@emiltischbein7125]

there is omething wong: 6 flaktowers are in vienna, no existing in Berlin and two existing in Hamburg. the second flaktower was in Hamburg, this style doesn t exist in vienna.

[@gunner678]

The La Rochelle sub pens are still here, I see them often. Also bunkers along the coast.

[@dennis12dec]

This was the location of the Wolfgang Petersen film "Das Boot" but much of it was filmed at the Bavaria Film Studios in Munich.

[@oleole96ole]

Der zweite Flakbunker ist doch in Hamburg oder?

[@marshmallowmilitia8056]

Welcome to the eagles nest cafe we have a lovely vegetarian menu.

[@tomasmieger6826]

GREAT SOUNDTRACK

[@stephanvenner2939]

The one shown Bunker is not in Vienna but in Hamburg. Today you can find a big music store inside and other shops. Also in Hamburg once I practiced with a band in an old bunker in the city. There were a lot of rehearsal rooms and small studios in it. The concrete is perfect, outside you hear nothing, you can play Punk Rock and the neighbors are not annoyed.

[@sparkplug1018]

Probably a pretty interesting reverb to id imagine, know of any good recordings done in those bunkers?

[@stephanvenner2939]

@@sparkplug1018 the Einstürzende Neubauten made some Recordings in a room under a motorway bridge in the early eighties. Not an army bunker but also concrete walls. The ultimate thing would probably be to play surf or Rockabilly in such an ambient. The Twang and the reverb must be amazing.

[@sparkplug1018]

@@stephanvenner2939 I would think so. Produce like a pro did a drum recording in a believe a castle somewhere, and man the reverb was awesome. Really added something unique to the mix.

[@lucian0221]

I was in the Prora youth hostel last summer. There are also really expensive apartments in some of these houses right next to the beach

[@charlesmartel7844]

What is the name of that music?