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Totalitarian Sarcasm

The beach of Prora stretches out, a canvas of shimmering gold. But as I walk further, a shadow looms in the distance, breaking the serene panorama.Emerging from the sands is a colossal structure, a relic from a darker time. Built by the Nazi organization "Kraft durch Freude," it was envisioned as a leisure facility for the 'chosen' Arians. Yet, it stands abandoned, a grotesque monument to a twisted ideology. Its vastness is haunting, its decaying walls whispering tales of ambitions gone awry. And then, there's the door. A rusty, iron gateway that leads to... nothing. Shut in 1940, it stands as a testament to the senselessness of its creators. In the middle of the vastness, it's a darkly sarcastic reminder of the hollow promises and the delusions of grandeur that once were. Walking by, I'm consumed by a mixture of sadness and disbelief. How could something so ugly, so devoid of purpose, be planted amidst such natural beauty? The rotting structure, the pointless door, all stand as grim symbols of the madness of totalitarianism. A regime that built monstrosities in pursuit of an ideal, only to abandon them, leaving them to rot and decay.

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Uploaded on October 22, 2023
Taken on October 22, 2023