Seaside Resort for The Common Man (PhotoEssay)

The World's Largest Hotel, Which Has Never Had One Guest: KdF Prora, The Mein Kampf Summer Resort (Photo Essay)

http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-worlds-largest-hotel-which-has.html

Secret Nazi files have been found that reveal how Hitler wanted his party to become the world’s largest tour operator with holiday camps modelled on the British ‘Butlins’ chain.

The long-lost plans for a chain of 'super-resorts' accommodating 20,000 holidaying Nazis at a time were found in the state archive of Greifswald in north-east Germany.

One of the papers revealed how the Nazis envisioned 'British holiday camps designed to provide affordable holidays for the average worker'.

The bundle of 62-pages outlined plans from Dr Robert Ley, the Nazi head of the German Labour Front, for the sprawling Prora resort.

The concrete complex on the Baltic island of Ruegen was the only holiday camp actually built under the project and stands to this day.But the 2.5 miles of empty sea-facing flats never had a single holidaymaker stay in them as the war came along just weeks before the first tourists were due to arrive. 

Amazing WWII story and pictures... See the whole Picture Essay and her research on: 

http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-worlds-largest-hotel-which-has.html

BTW there is so much more where that comes from... Wanna see some amazing photos:

http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/03/photo-essay-links-page-i.html

Thanks Sophie...