Prora complex

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The Prora complex is a massive seaside resort on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, originally built by the Nazis as a “Strength Through Joy” vacation facility and later repurposed for various modern uses.

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Prora 1
Prora complex canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural complex
seaside resort complex
architecturalStyle Nazi architecture
constructedBy Nazi Germany
constructedFor Kraft durch Freude
Strength Through Joy program
constructionInterruptedBy World War II
surface form: Second World War
country Germany
currentUse cultural venues
holiday apartments
hotels
museums
youth hostel
endDateOfConstruction circa 1939
hasMuseum Documentation Centre Prora
hasPart Block I
Block II
Block III
Block IV
Block V
Block VI
Block VII
Block VIII
eight identical housing blocks
heritageDesignation protected monument in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
heritageStatus listed building
intendedCapacity 20000 holidaymakers
length approximately 4.5 kilometres
locatedIn Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Binz
surface form: Prora, Binz

Rügen
locatedOn Baltic Sea coast region
surface form: Baltic Sea coast

Rügen
surface form: island of Rügen
neverUsedAsIntended true
notableFor example of totalitarian leisure architecture
one of the largest resort complexes ever built
operatorDuringConstruction German Labour Front
overlooks Bay of Prora
ownedBy West Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany (historically)

various private developers
purpose mass tourism resort
startDate 1936
topicOf exhibitions on GDR military history
exhibitions on Nazi tourism policy
usedAs East German Army base
Soviet military facility
military barracks
refugee shelter after World War II
usedBy Nationale Volksarmee
surface form: National People’s Army of the GDR

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rügen hasLandmark Prora complex
Binz hasNearbyLocality Prora complex
this entity surface form: Prora