Nazi Beach Resort Prora

The construction of the Prora seaside resort took place between 1935 and 1939 as an ambitious project of the National Socialist organization "Kraft durch Freude" (KdF). The aim was to enable 20,000 people to vacation simultaneously. However, with the outbreak of World War II, construction ceased, and the complex remained unfinished. After the war, the Red Army used parts of the complex and conducted demolition exercises. Later, from 1956, Prora served as a barracks and training facility for the Kasernierte Volkspolizei and later the National People's Army (NVA) of the GDR. After German reunification in 1990, the Bundeswehr took over the facility but abandoned it in 1992. Since 1993, Prora has been publicly accessible and is a protected monument.

Prora is located on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, approximately 9 meters above sea level, in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The building complex stretches for several kilometers along the coast between the towns of Sassnitz and Binz.

Today, a part of the listed complex houses a museum that documents the history and architecture of the seaside resort. Other areas are used as a youth hostel or stand empty and are subject to decay. The complex is publicly accessible.

• Gutshaus Darz (Manor House and Estate), approx. 5.6 km away
• Gutshaus Stedar (Manor House and Estate), approx. 6.0 km away
• Gutshaus Dalkvitz (Manor House and Estate), approx. 6.0 km away
• Schloss Lietzow (Castle), approx. 6.2 km away