Prora, Once A Nazi-Era Ruin, Now Under Development - stock video

In this aerial view portions of Block 3 of the Prora building complex stretch near the beach on Ruegen Island on June 14, 2017 in Binz, Germany. Prora was originally commissioned by Adolf Hitler as a massive, 4.5 kilometers long beach holiday resort complex for German workers under a program called Strength through Joy (Kraft durch Freude). The original plans called for a festival hall to hold 20,000 people and rooms located in eight, 450 meter-long blocks to accomodate 20,000 guests, with each room facing the sea. Construction halted in 1939 and after World War II the complex housed Soviet soldiers, then East German Army units before the German government, having assumed administration after 1989, sold the five exisitng blocks to private investors. Today Prora is a massive real estate development, with some parts still in ruins while others include a hotel, holiday apartments, a museum and documentation center and a youth hostel. (Footage by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)