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Wwfs, Red Army, Olympic, Nazi, Village, 1936

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Rosa-Luxemburg-Allee 70
14641 Wustermark
Germany

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Olympic Village 1936

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Article last edited by Maria Thuroczy on
April 02nd, 2015

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In Wustermark, near Elstal are the remains of the Olympic Village of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

The massive complex had swimming pool, running track, football and soccer field etc. When the games were over some of its scenes were also used as a hospital and a Soviet Army Infantry School.

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Posted by maria | Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 | 03:01am
This reportage is part of We Will Forget Soon (www.wewillforgetsoon.com), a photographic project on the history of the Soviet Red Army in East Germany on the 20th Anniversary of their withdrawal.
Posted by wewillforgetsoon | Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 | 18:09pm
The project is now looking for donations and sponsors through a crowdfunding. Please support it at this link: http://igg.me/at/wwfs

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