Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello all, Some shots from our recent trip to Stralsund and across the bridge to the island of Ruegen. Binz is a holiday resort from the times of the German Kaisers - and has not changed much since. Prora is a development from an even darker era of German history - and has not changed at all. Built by the KdF movement as a happy holiday home for tens of thousands of Nazis, it was never actually completed and used for its intended purpose. Its varied post-war history includes use as barracks for the GDR Volksarmee (the perpetuation of German dictatorship under a different political colour), accommodation for Russian occupation forces and, after reunification, numerous projects that were all doomed to failure - probably due to the atmosphere of the place: cold, uninviting, overpowering and desolate. The gallery starts here: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Ruegen/Binz_Prora-0002.jpg.html Comments and criticism welcomed Cheers Douglas