Friday, 24. September 2004
Topic: NEWS - on September 24, 2004 at 11:45:00 AM CEST
Ruins from giant Nazi beach resort sold in Germany
Ruins from a massive vacation resort built by the Nazis on the Baltic island Ruegen were sold at auction to an anonymous buyer for 625,000 euros (768,000 dollars).
The concrete-block lodgings, built in the 1930s to accommodate some 20,000 people under the Nazis' Kraft Durch Freude (Strength Through Joy) leisure program, stretches 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) along one of Germany's most beautiful sandy beaches.
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