During WW2, German SS leader Heinrich Himmler attempted to turn a Renaissance castle into a headquarters for the Nazis’ major paramilitary organisation.
Dubbed the ‘Centre of the World’ by Himmler and the SS, plans for a vast redesign of Wewelsburg Castle were drawn up. The work was carried out by the prisoners from an on-site concentration camp but not completed.
Today, the castle is a carefully curated museum designed to inform new generations about the castle’s history and the horrendous ideology of the SS. It’s also a memorial to those who were interred there.
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