As far as dark tourist destinations are concerned, there’s few more harrowing than Hartheim Castle. During WWII it was a Euthanasia Centre, a secret Nazi killing facility, and part of the Aktion T4 program. Here, German citizens tagged as mentally … Read More
Bunker Valentin was the largest fortified U-boat facility in Germany during WWII. Built to produce submarines on a grand scale for the Nazi war effort, more than 10,000 forced laborers were used in the construction of this gigantic bunker, support … Read More
The Museum of Tolerance in L.A houses a series of important permanent exhibitions that cover some of humanity’s deadliest in-tolerances towards one another. It ranges from hate-filled contemporary social-media to coverage of the holocaust and other genocide fuelled atrocities throughout … Read More
The House of Terror in Budapest got its name for a very good reason. Located at 60 Andrassy Boulevard, the Hungarian Nazi party claimed the building as its headquarters after taking control of Budapest in 1944. It is here that … Read More
Bubanj Memorial Park in Niš, Serbia is located at the site of one of the largest mass executions of WW2. It was built to mark and honor where more than 10,000 Serbs were rounded up and shot by German forces … Read More
The Eagle’s Nest (also known as the Kehlsteinhausis) is a popular destination for tourists, dark or otherwise. Some will visit for the incredible views and the love of hiking. Others will make the trip because of its association with Hitler … Read More
In a remote location, hidden deep in the forests of Poland are the remains of Wolf’s Lair (Wolfsschanze). This was the secure headquarters for Adolf Hitler in World War Two and is also the location where Operation Valkyrie took place. … Read More
The Castle of Wewelsburg has an extremely dark past. The forbidding fortress was once SS Chief Himmler’s Nazi Camelot, where some of the darkest deeds of WW2 were plotted. Labeled as ‘Naziland’ by critics, Heinrich Himmler forged plans for Nazi … Read More
The village of Oradour-sur-Glane has stood in ruins since 1944. It is a very powerful dark tourist destination. On 10 June 1944, the village, that was in the heart of Nazi-occupied France, was destroyed by a German Waffen-SS company. In … Read More
Unraveling the truth from the myth of Houska Castle isn’t easy. What we do know is that the castle was built in the second half of the 13th century. However, the reason is unclear and in some ways depends on … Read More
