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This Is How the Gliwice Canal Was Built. One of the Locks Was Sealed with... Bacon Fat.

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When it was built, it was called a "highway on water." Originally named the "Adolf Hitler Kanal," it was intended to be a monument to Nazism. It was one of the Third Reich's flagship investments, intended to provide work for unemployed Germans during the Great Depression. After the war, it contributed to the economic development of the now Polish Opole region. Currently undergoing renovation, it awaits the revival of shipping, which ceased in th…
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When it was built, it was called a "highway on water." Originally named the "Adolf Hitler Kanal," it was intended to be a monument to Nazism. It was one of the Third Reich's flagship investments, intended to provide work for unemployed Germans during the Great Depression. After the war, it contributed to the economic development of the now Polish Opole region. Currently undergoing renovation, it awaits the revival of shipping, which ceased in th…

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nto.pl broke the news on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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