(International) Guess the Location (see rules post 1)

Wolfsburg?

GBX wrote: »

Wolfsburg?

Ehh that is the city/town I was trying to get pics of.

Sorry if people have been misled, but I didn't look for alternative city that is home to car manufacturer.
I now see where people's guesses are going as in Modena, Turin.

I just looked for alternative city.

Granted I was led to this place in part because of connection to Germany.

SeanPuddin_ wrote: »

Modena?

Nope.

enda1 wrote: »

Vienna?

Nope.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Poznan?

Ehh Nope.

Just so that there are no further assumptions.
That exact place in picture has a connection to Germans.
Maybe I should have said Germans rather than Germany.
It relates to WWII.
And yes I know that narrows it down to a big chunk of Europe.

You see I was looking at Wolfsburg, (VW) and next thing I was thinking about Hitler, WWII and one thing led to another and hey presto.

K.Flyer wrote: »

Versailles?

Nope.
Not really that flash.

I would say for a start it's Germany again, because no-one is crossing the street when there is no traffic coming towards them, they are all waiting for the green man like good little Germans.

Taking a guess at Reims in France where Germany surrendered to the Allies.

Teplice?

K.Flyer wrote: »

Taking a guess at Aviva in Dublin where Germany surrendered to the irish.

FYP Sorry. Had a few

Zwickau?

Andrea B. wrote: »

Zwickau?

Is that not in Germany.

Andrea B. wrote: »

Vienna

Nope.

As I intimated above, black_frosch was nearly there.
He needed bit more detail.

Nové Město, Prague

In 1942, during World War II, the cathedral (pictured on the left) was the scene of the last stand of a number of Czech and Slovak patriots who had assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi SS Obergruppenführer and General of Police. 

K.Flyer wrote: »

Nové Město, Prague

In 1942, during World War II, the cathedral (pictured on the left) was the scene of the last stand of a number of Czech and Slovak patriots who had assassinated Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi SS Obergruppenführer and General of Police. 

Well done.

Yes the assassins were hiding out in the chruch crypt, but had been turned in by spies.
There is a plaque behind the traffic lights in my pic and if you look close you can see the bullet holes in the wall.

The 800 SS/Gestapo couldn't storm the place, 2 of the 4 guys were killed, but it is believed the other two killed themselves with their last bullets.

Flyer for anyone who doesn't know, I think you are understating just who Reinhard Heydrich was.

He had been the guy who had setup the SS intelligence divison, headed the Gestapo, was seen as second to Himmler, had helped organise the Night of of the Long Knives, one of the organisers of Kristallnacht, and worse of all was the chairman/organiser of the Wannsee Conference where the final solution for the Jews was agreed.
He was one of the main architects of the Holocaust.

He had formed the Einsatzgruppen (SS death squads) to travel in the wake of the German armies whose job it was to dispose of Jews, the intelligentsia, members of the clergy, teachers, political opponents.

In the wake of the invasion of Poland and later the Soviet Union these guys killed about 1 million people.
They shot them, tortured them, you name it and this was before any gasing ever was considered.

He has been regarded as the most fearsome member of the Nazi elite. Hitler called him "the man with the iron heart".
He was seen by many as Hitler's natural successor.

He was ruler of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia when he was killed by 4 very brave guys who jknew they were going to die.

In the aftermath of his killing the Germans slughtered thousands including wiping from the map the towns of Lidice and Ležáky.

This might have only been a small little event in terms of manpower in the whole list of events in WWII, but it wiped from the field one of the most evil people in history.

Anyway well done again.