| Description | Photograph taken during aBaltic cruise. Box label: "Germany" but includes other tour locations, including Gdansk, Poland. This photograph was likely taken on route to or from Gdansk.
The hotel was originally built in 1924–1927 and named 'The Kasino Hotel'. Between 19–26 September 1939, the hotel served as Adolf Hitler's headquarters from which he went twice to the outskirts of Warsaw to oversee the invasion of the city. |