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Gesundbrunnen underground bunker in Berlin. It shows WWII from the 'other side' and it's shocking to see things like 'Dig for Victory' and 'Careless talk costs lives' posters, in German.
Absolutely worth a visit.
Hotel Nacional de Cuba - but not for the hotel, which is stunning in itself if you like art-deco. But for the small museum and bunker system on the Malecon side facing the bay.
The grounds were used as emplacements for anti aircraft guns during the 60s and on the tour we were shown, quite proudly, by one of the gardening staff pieces of clothing from the aircrew of the U-2 that was shot down. We also came across some of the wreckage of the U-2 on display at Fortaleza de San Carlos on the other side of the bay.
Beautiful place to visit, wonderful people, but quite an odd expression of how proud they are/were about the death of a man and its effect on the war. Found it more personal than any of the Normandy sites. Or any of the WW2 sites for some reason.
and then visited Belsen
Not exactly "surprising" though is it?