AlanCurragh Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 On our recent European holiday, I came across this memorial in a very interesting location. Rather than just tell you where it is, I'll let pals speculate and then maybe add a clue or two.... Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 To make it really difficult the attached image isn't showing when I view it! Ah now it does - funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
59165 Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Blimey,Alan. This is one for quiz night! Is this 'European hols' as in Eurovision? If so,It's in Isreal Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 27 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2008 OK, maybe a clue. In a famous wartime location, but not the Great War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Colditz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 The Reichstag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Have you forgotten where it is? It's OK, come clean now - I'm sure most of us have taken pics and then forgotten to make a note of the location. Good trick to turn it into a quiz question though. I must try that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellal Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 I don't know where, but my guess would be a former German Officer's Mess from the Second War. Close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Nuremberg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 I'm with Centurion - I think Colditz castle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 27 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Ken - I'm actually sorting through the pictures I took at cemeteries - it is a struggle remembering why I took some! Another clue - it is in a place of worship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apwright Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 The panelling and upper framing thingy certainly make it look like the chapel in Schloß Colditz. See the 3rd pic down here: http://www.virtualcolditz.com/inside.html Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 27 August , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Well done to Centurion and the others who suggested Colditz, it is the memorial to the staff of the old wartime hospital who died in the Great War. It is situated in the castle chapel, under which French POWs unsuccessfully tunnelled in 1941/42 An absolutely fascinating place to visit, if you're ever in eastern Germany Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted 27 August , 2008 Share Posted 27 August , 2008 Its on my list of 'things to see before I die' Hopefully I have another 50 years or so left!!! Liam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Treport Posted 28 August , 2008 Share Posted 28 August , 2008 Like the photo with the inhabitants ghosts! Brilliant concept. I was there a couple of years ago and thought the woodwork in the chapel was familiar - though didn't clearly remember the memorial. What surprised me was how accurate the TV set was (used Stirling Castle I believe) to the actual plan. Mind you I never realised there was an army barracks as part of the castle - so not an easy place to get out of with soldiers swarming everywhere day and night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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