Hitler's prison and the secret chemical storage bunker

Today travelled from Fussel to Furth (on the outskirts of Nuremberg) to visit the war trials museum tomorrow. However there were a couple of interesting detours (thanks again Atlas!). The first was Landsberg prison: This is the prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes. Hitler served time here after his failed coup attempt, the so-called “beer hall putsch” at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. In addition to receiving many visitors, many of whom were to become his inner circle during the rise of the young Nazi party after his release, Hitler enjoyed a wing on the second floor of this prison where he actually gained weight during his prison stay, feasting on cakes, chocolates, wine, ham and sausages. Hitler also famously used his time of incarceration in Landsberg to write his book, “Mein Kampf” one of the major pieces of propaganda that would push Germans towards the Nazi party. The prison however went full circle. After WWII the US Army took over and Landsberg Prison became War Criminal Prison No. 1, the main holding cell for captured Nazis. Over a five year period between 1945 and 1950 over 278 Nazi’s were executed at the prison for their crimes against humanity. The prison at one point started to become a sort of pilgrimage site for fans of the dictator, and later neo-nazis. In an attempt to prevent this sort of tourism, Landsberg prison is quite intolerant of visitors, not to mention that it is still a prison, so it was a quick photo shot then onto the next detour. Hidden in the forest of Altenmünster, are the remains of a former World War II chemical plant. It took forever to find as I travelled through dense timber but eventually stumbled across what look like a track. So leaving the car I explored further. Soon enough I found the bunkers in which methanol was stored. The bunker construction was done by forced labor. I was able access the bunkers through a hole in the fence - Was pretty spooky but very interesting. On the way back to the car I found a spa bath in the forest. Not too sure I would want to take a swim there given that the German army used the area to produce and create enormous stockpiles of several chemical weapon munitions such as the nerve agent Tabun. Which is an organophosphate, similar to Sarin and can cause death in minutes.