Walpersberg Journal 2015

The yearbook of the GF Walpersberg e.V., with articles on the former Nazi armaments complex REIMAHG and on underground relocation projects of the German armaments industry during the Second World War, is published annually by members of the association together with guest authors. This issue includes, among other topics: 1) Flying-wing aircraft at the Walpersberg? An article by association member Danny Engelhardt. 2) "So conditions really were quite terrible", a conversation with a German woman conscripted for service at the Walpersberg by Cornelius Lehmann, M.A., Kempen / Lower Rhine, doctoral candidate at Goethe University Frankfurt/Main. 3) The inclined aircraft lift, a reconstruction attempt by association member Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bruno M. Spessert. 4) Forced labour at REIMAHG, eyewitness reports by former prisoners. By Sebastian Bandelin, Michael Deicke and Maria Doebert. 5) As a master gardener at REIMAHG in Grosseutersdorf from 15 September 1944 to the end of April 1945. An article by Wieland Juffa, Bernsbach, on the work of his father Erich Juffa. 6) Retreat region Tyrol - a report on the "Stichling" site in Schwaz by Markus Gleichmann. 7) Thuringian underworlds, "Geheimnisvolles Thueringen" - a photo exhibition by association member Markus Gleichmann. 8) The armistice railway carriage of Compiegne: a simple dining car became personal war booty for the supposedly greatest commander of all time. An article by association member Klaus-Peter Schambach. 9) The Strasbourg conference: how German industry made it through the war. An article by journalist Frank Doebert. 10) Munitions depot 1./IV Crawinkel: conversion is on the home stretch - a bunker remnant remains as an information point on the history of the site. By Klaus-Peter Schambach. 11) S III and the founding of the United Nations. An article by Klaus-Peter Schambach. Further contributions present GF Walpersberg association projects from 2014, including the demolition of the former Cafe Weber in Grosseutersdorf to improve parking for the documentation centre and the clearing of the two former National People's Army entrance gates on the association grounds.