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    Karlshagen is a Baltic Sea resort in Western Pomerania in the north of the island Usedom. Karlshagen has 3400 inhabitants and lies between Zinnowitz and...
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  • Walter Thiel (3 March 1910, Breslau – 17 August 1943, Karlshagen, near Peenemünde) was a German rocket scientist. Thiel provided the decisive ideas for...
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    part of Usedom Island. To the southeast it borders on the sea resort of Karlshagen. Peenemünde harbour can be reached by ferry boat across the Peene from...
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  • Greifswalder Oie, a small island used for vertical launches Karlshagen = area of destroyed settlement Karlshagen after air raid on 17 August 1943 Rail = Launches...
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    Verchen, Demmin, Altentreptow Alt Tellin, Jarmen, Anklam Usedom Peenemünde, Karlshagen, Trassenheide, Zinnowitz, GÖRMITZ, Usedom, Zempin, Koserow, Loddin, Ückeritz...
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  • Backhaus, Junkers, Dessau Werner Baum, Peenemünde Army Research Center, Karlshagen Josef Blass,: 10  Arado Flugzeugwerke, Branch Brandenburg an der Havel...
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    sites – Peenemünde-West (also incorporating a separate facility in nearby Karlshagen), Tarnewitz and Travemünde – and the central inland site of Rechlin, itself...
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    Von Braun, like other Peenemünders, was assigned to the local group in Karlshagen; there is no evidence that he did more than send in his monthly dues....
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    conducted at the Luftwaffe's Erprobungsstelle coastal test centre at Karlshagen, Peenemünde-West. Erhard Milch, State Secretary in the Reich Ministry...
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    inexpensive construction, and the new development contract was awarded to the Karlshagen test centre. A series of tests was begun to improve the weapon's accuracy...
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