Germany's Underground

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Following years of projects that were barely viable, the city’s transportation authorities opted for an underground alternative.

Our small-group adventures are inspired by our Atlas of the world's most fascinating places, the stories behind them, and the people who bring them to life.One of Essen’s icons is the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a former industrial site, that was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 2001.

Further, a DVD was found with images of three of the dead persons that had been taken immediately after the killings. This security agent (Andreas Temme) openly held right-wing views, and in his home village he was known by the nickname "Little Adolf". Berliner Unterwelten was founded in 1997 to explore, document and preserve the city’s subterranean architecture. After VE Day, his reassignment to Germany afforded an opportunity to satisfy his curiosity about the people and plot to rid Germany of the Nazis. In connection with the Martel Affair, Vosjoli also traveled to Cuba in 1962 and discovered evidence of a massive build-up of Russian missiles, ultimately leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963.Jana Schlosser, singer of the band Namenlos, was sent to Stasi jail for two years after comparing the Stasi to Hilter’s SS. Police found a CZ 83 silenced weapon, which had been used throughout the NSU's serial murders, as well as a number of other guns in the remains of the house. Shortly before the publication of the BGE report, Bavarian environment minister Thorsten Glauber challenged the whole process by suggesting that a previously explored storage site at Gorleben (see below) should be looked at more closely than other suitable places. In 1943, the Nazis began the construction of a large industrial complex near Nordhausen and prisoners from Buchenwald were sent there to work on the complex. Additionally, about 500 meters from Berliner Platz station, accessible on three metro lines, is the famous GOP Varieté Essen theatre and restaurant.