Historical Places.
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Mauthausen concentration camp
Inside Austria
Also known as 007 · Camp de Mauthausen · Campo de concentração de Mauthausen
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Salzburg
Inside Austria
Also known as Juvavum · Salisbourg · Salisburgo
Mozart’s birthplace and the seat of his former employment before he established himself independently in Vienna.
Vienna
Inside Austria
Also known as Viena · Vienna, Austria · Vienne
Habsburg imperial capital and the main setting for Mozart’s professional and personal life in the film.
Belarus
Inside Europe
Also known as Belorussia · Belorussland · Belorußland
Country in Eastern Europe.
Belgium
Inside Europe
Also known as Belg. · Belgia · Bélgica
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Bastogne
Inside Belgium
Also known as Baaschtnech · Bastenach · Bastenaken
City in Belgium, central to the Battle of the Bulge.
Foy
Inside Belgium
Also known as Belgium Foy
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Leuven
Inside Belgium
Also known as Louvain · Lovaina · Lowanium
City in Belgium, also known as Louvain.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Inside Europe
Also known as ba · B&H · Bósnia
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Sarajevo
Inside Bosnia and Herzegovina
Also known as Bosna-Serai · City of Sarajevo · Sarajevo (Bosnia y Herzegovina)
Capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Czech Republic
Inside Europe
Also known as Bohemia · Česká republika · Česko
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Prague
Inside Czech Republic
Also known as City of Prague · Hlavní město Praha · Prag
Capital of the Czech Republic and setting of Operation Anthropoid.
Czechoslovakia
Inside Europe
Also known as Československo · Checoeslovaco · Checoeslovaquia
Former state in Central Europe, 1918–1992.
France
Inside Europe
Also known as Fr. · França · Francia
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Dunkirk
Inside France
Also known as Duinkerke · Duinkerken · Dune-Libre
Port city in northern France where Allied forces were surrounded and evacuated in May–June 1940.
Forbach
Inside France
Also known as Fuerboch
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Haguenau
Inside France
Also known as Hagenau
City/commune in Alsace, France.
Jura
Inside France
Also known as Département Jura · FR-39 · Jura (department)
French department; setting region for A French Village.
Le Mans
Inside France
Also known as Cenomanensium · Croix-Gazonfière · Denis-des-Coudrais
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Marseille
Inside France
Also known as Cité phocéenne · City of Marseille · Marsaille
Port city in southern France.
Normandy
Inside France
Also known as Normandia · Normandia, França · Normandie
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Carentan
Inside Normandy
Historic town/former commune in Normandy, France.
Omaha Beach
Inside Normandy
Also known as Bloody Omaha · Dog Green Sector · Dog Red Sector
One of the five Allied landing beaches in Normandy and the site of the film’s opening battle.
Paris
Inside France
Also known as City of Light · City of Love · FR-75
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Saint-Malo
Inside France
Also known as Aletum · cité corsaire · Commune-de-la-Victoire
Historic port city in Brittany, France.
Vichy
Inside France
Also known as Vichyssois
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Germany
Inside Europe
Also known as Alemanha · Alemania · All.
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Berlin
Inside Germany
Also known as BE · Berlim · Berlín, Alemania
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Bremen
Inside Germany
Also known as Brema · Brême · City Municipality of Bremen
City in Germany.
Frankfurt
Inside Germany
Also known as FFM · Fft. · Francfort
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Kaufering IV concentration camp
Inside Germany
Also known as Hurlach concentration camp · Kaufering IV · KZ-Außenlager Kaufering IV
Subcamp no. 4 of the Kaufering complex of Dachau concentration camp.
Munich
Inside Germany
Also known as Landeshauptstadt München · LHM · LH München
Capital of Bavaria, Germany.
Münster
Inside Germany
Also known as Monasterium · Mönster · Muenster
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Nuremberg
Inside Germany
Also known as Kreisfreie Stadt Nürnberg · Noris · Norymberga
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Regensburg
Inside Germany
Also known as Ratisbo · Ratisbon · Ratisbona
City in Bavaria, Germany.
Schweinfurt
Inside Germany
Also known as Schweinfurt, St · SW
City in Bavaria, Germany.
Weimar
Inside Germany
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Greece
Inside Europe
Also known as el · Ellada · gr
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Athens
Inside Greece
Also known as Atenas · Ateny · Athen
The Athenian polis, where Socrates lived, taught, was prosecuted, and died.
Ireland
Inside Europe
Also known as Irish Republic · Irl. · Irland
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Dublin
Inside Ireland
Also known as City of Dublin · Ciudad de Dublín · Dublin city
Capital and largest city of Ireland.
Italy
Inside Europe
Also known as It. · Ita. · Ital.
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Milan
Inside Italy
Also known as Mailand · Mediolan · Milan, Italy
A leading Italian city-state involved in the balance of power and alliances affecting Florence.
Modena
Inside Italy
Also known as Modène
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Rome
Inside Italy
Also known as Capital of the World · City of Marble · City of Seven Hills
Capital of the Roman Empire.
Sicily
Inside Italy
Also known as Autonome Region Sizilien · Sicile · Sicilia
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Netherlands
Inside Europe
Also known as de Nederlanden · die Niederlande · Holanda
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Amsterdam
Inside Netherlands
Also known as Abstradam · A'dam · Amesterdao
Capital city of the Netherlands.
Arnhem
Inside Netherlands
Also known as Arnheim
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Norway
Inside Europe
Also known as Kingdom of Norway · Königreich Norwegen · Królestwo Norwegii
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Trondheim
Inside Norway
Also known as Catedral Nidaros · Drontheim · Kaupangen
City in Norway.
Poland
Inside Europe
Also known as la République de Pologne · Pol. · Polen
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Auschwitz-Birkenau
Inside Poland
Also known as Au. · Auschwitz · Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp
Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex to which Jewish prisoners from occupied Poland were deported and murdered.
Gdańsk
Inside Poland
Also known as Dantis · Dantiscum · Dantzick
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Gdynia
Inside Poland
Also known as Gdingen · Gdiniô · Gotenhafen
Polish Baltic city and central setting of the December 1970 violence depicted in Black Thursday.
Kraków
Inside Poland
Also known as Cracovia · Cracovie · Cracow
Polish city and administrative center of the German occupation in which Schindler operated his enamelware factory.
Radom
Inside Poland
City in Poland.
Warsaw
Inside Poland
Also known as Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa · m. st. Warszawa · Varsovia
Political center of the Commonwealth during the succession and mobilization period preceding the Ottoman invasion.
Wrocław
Inside Poland
Also known as Brassel · Breslau · Breslavia
Major city in Lower Silesia and the central setting of the 1981 bank withdrawal depicted in 80 Million.
Zakopane
Inside Poland
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Slovakia
Inside Europe
Also known as Eslovaquia · la République slovaque · República Eslovaca
Country in Central Europe.
Spain
Inside Europe
Also known as Esp. · Espagne · España
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Barcelona
Inside Spain
Also known as Barcelona, Catalonia · Barcelona City · Barcelona, Spain
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Basque Country
Inside Spain
Also known as Basca · Baskenland · Baskonia
Historic and cultural land of the Basque people.
Guernica
Inside Basque Country
Also known as city of Guernica · Gernica · Gernika
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Madrid
Inside Spain
Also known as Madrid (Espagne) · Madrid, Spanien · Madryt
Capital of Spain and central setting of the 23-F coup attempt and the 1808 Madrid uprising.
Salamanca
Inside Spain
Also known as Salamanca, Spain · Salamanka · Salamanque
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Switzerland
Inside Europe
Also known as Confederação Helvética · Confederação Suíça · Confederación Helvética
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Ukraine
Inside Europe
Also known as ua · Ucraina · Ucrania
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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Inside Ukraine
Also known as AKW Tschernobyl · Atomkraftwerk Tschernobyl · centrale de Tchernobyl
Nuclear power station near Pripyat, site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Lviv
Inside Ukraine
Also known as Lamberg · Lamburg · Lemberg
City in western Ukraine.
United Kingdom
Inside Europe
Also known as El Reino Unido · G B · G B R
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England
Inside United Kingdom
Also known as Ang. · Angleterre · Anglia
The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.
Bletchley Park
Inside England
Also known as GC&CS · Government Code and Cypher School · Station X
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Cambridge
Inside England
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London
Inside England
Also known as Augusta · Big Smoke · Greater London
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Manchester
Inside England
Also known as Capital of the North · Cottonopolis · Madchester
City in England.
Sandringham House
Inside England
Also known as Sandringham · Sandringham Estate · Sandringham Time
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Northern Ireland
Inside United Kingdom
Also known as Irlanda del N. · Irlanda del Norte · Irlanda do Norte
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Belfast
Inside Northern Ireland
Also known as Béal Feirste · Belfast, Irlande du Nord · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Capital city of Northern Ireland.