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WWII Re-enactment at old German brewery in Polessk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 27 January 2022 ~ Soviet Re-enactors take Polessk Brewery in WWII Battle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 23 January 2022, the Polessk Brewery<\/a> hosted a re-enactment of the battle for Labiau (Russian: Polessk), originally orchestrated as part of the Soviet East Prussian Offensive, which culminated in the surrender of K\u00f6nigsberg on 9 April 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A better location for the re-enactment is hard to imagine. The grounds of the Polessk Brewery fall gently away from the foot of the brewery wall to the reed beds and banks of the River Deyma. Between the river and the brewery stands the solid remains of a reinforced concrete German gun emplacement <\/a>. With the Soviet forces advancing from two separate points of the river, this genuine WWII obstacle provided the perfect place for the defending Germans to \u2018dig in\u2019 and attempt to repulse the invaders head on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Germans (re-enactors) gather by the side of the ‘bunker’ before the battle commences<\/strong>
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As with English WWII re-enactment scenarios, attention to detail was paramount. Re-enactments have an entertainment value, but first and foremost they are educational, which is why their participants are known by the generic name of Living History Groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Re-enactors on both sides, those representing the German and Soviet forces, dress in authentic uniforms, each item of which, including field gear and insignia, is meticulously researched and worn in the way it would have been worn by serving members of each country\u2019s armed forces during the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n