Göbbels, the Nazi propaganda chief, had one villa on the Schwanenwerder island and a country house near Bogensee. In DDR times, it served as FDJ University, since 1990, the site falls into a deep slumber.
The house represents everything else, than what people think of as the country home of a Nazi size: simple and modest. The other buildings, part of the FDJ Youth College, are more impressive, still in good conditions.
The Red Army conquered the country in almost undamaged. As early as 1945, the FDJ where he set up a youth academy. On neighboring properties since the fifties gradually more grandiose buildings were built in Stalinist style for this university. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall they tried to market the area as a hotel complex, which failed, however.
The Red Army conquered the country in almost undamaged. As early as 1945, the FDJ where he set up a youth academy. On neighboring properties since the fifties gradually more grandiose buildings were built in Stalinist style for this university. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall they tried to market the area as a hotel complex, which failed, however.
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