Military in Germany

Hidden in the forest are the remains of a former World War II chemical plant.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.

Legend says this sculpture commemorates a brave baker who rescued the city in the Thirty Years' War.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

This bomb was once used as a church after it failed to detonate.

This remarkable parking garage in Darmstadt has lived several lives and still contains remnants of its World War I past.