Travelling in Baltic States & E. Germany, and finding more museums than I can visit. I've visited concentration camps and Holocaust museums before, so not interested in them in particular. Please write of your museum experience.
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fieldgate
At some point it's a sick fascination with cold war and communism. It's overplayed and made to tourist attractions even when the places don't deserve it. You'd need to be a history buff to understand the background.
Depending on future history writing you, or your grand children, could be equally fascinated with the US history of recent decades.
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klaush
Point Alpha, at the former border near Fulda is interesting.
http://pointalpha.com/en/memorial/historical-site/fulda-gap
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lucapal
There are lots and lots of possibilities.
One that I found very interesting was the ninth fort in Kaunas.This relates both to the Nazi occupation and the Soviet one.There are also plenty of former prison/interrogation type places,with cells etc....in Vilnius for example,or in Riga.If that kind of thing interests you?
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jefscottmpls
All the above are doable. Thank You.
At the other end of the spectrum, the soviet era spa at Jurmala (outside Tallinn), is it worth a visit? I wouldn't normally go to a spa, but if it has some faded glory and the town is worth a stroll, it may be a relaxing day.
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Thorn Tree
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