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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[mine]] in the [[Sudeten Mountains]] in [[Poland]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[mine]] in the [[Sudeten Mountains]] in [[Poland]]. | ||
In [[1944]], the [[Nazi]]s turned it into a test site known as " | In [[1944]], the [[Nazi]]s turned it into a test site, known as "the Henge" or "the Fly Trap", where [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] [[General]] [[Hans Kammler]] oversaw "[[Die Glocke|Project Chronos]]". The project was powered by [[hydroelectricity]] from a nearby [[dam]] and labour was performed by inmates from a [[concentration camp]] located in the same area. | ||
The project was unsuccessful, with many [[scientist]]s being | The project was unsuccessful, with many [[scientist]]s being killed testing ''Die Glocke''. The camp inmates were [[murder]]ed through use of the machine to keep the experiment a secret. Kammler and ''Die Glocke'' were removed from the site in a [[Submarine|U-boat]], which took them to the secret Nazi base in [[Neuschwabenland]] in [[Antarctica]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crawling Terror (novel)|The Crawling Terror]]'') | ||
[[Category:Research facilities]] | [[Category:Research facilities]] | ||
[[Category:Poland]] | [[Category:Poland]] | ||
