Krampnitz

The 35th Guards Motor Rifle Division

HQ

Krampnitz The barracks is located in the district of Potsdamer Krampnitz at the Potsdamer Chaussee 
The barracks Krampnitz was from 1937 to 1939 as a barracks builet of the Army, riding and driving school. The facility is adjacent to the military training Döberitzer heath. The architect was Robert Kisch. It was a vast complex of exposed brick with a widely visible entrance tower on the north side. A 48-meter high, square tower is the symbol of the barracks. Behind the tower, on the basement mountain, is the officer casino. There is a staff officer with adjoining buildings, garages and many technical institutions. 
The barracks was completed in 1939. At that time they have served the training of the Mounted and motorized troops, and later the Panzer troops. 1941 was renamed the School of fast troops ", 1943, there was a second renamed" Armored Forces School II Krampnitz ". 
The barracks was on 26 April 1945 by soldiers completely cleared. On 27 April was Krampnitz by the Red Army. From 1945 to 1994 was the barracks by the Soviet army used it also blocks in the slab was complete. Since the withdrawal of former Soviet army in 1992, the buildings were empty. Individual parts were used for shooting of films and television productions use. Thus was born here in 2000 the film "Enemy at the Gates," for on the grounds of the Red Square in Moscow from Pappmaschee copied. For 180 million marks Paramount Pictures turned the most expensive film ever produced in Europe. Directed by Oscar-winner Jean-Jacques Annaud ( "The Name of the Rose"). The stars are Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. The film shows a duel between a Russian and a German sniper in Stalingrad. In 2006 the barracks served as a backdrop for the film "Mein Führer" with Helge Schneider in the title role. There were scenes shot in the Albert Speer built the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin played On 20 May 2009 Inglorious Bastards.was also filmed  in Krampnitz In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis  Written and Directed by Quentin Taratino, with Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, and Christoph Waltz.