Few cities have witnessed the horrors of war, like Theoderichshafen. Originally baptised as Sevastopol, it collapsed during the unrelenting thunder of Operation Barbarossa in Summer 1942. During the era of the Russian Tsars and Soviet Chairmen, it served as a vital military port for their ambitions in the warm, azure waters of the Black Sea. Yet, despite the proclamations and the speeches of a "New Order" to reign over Europe, Sevastopol kneels under the Nazi banner, in the same way, it did under the Russian.

Theoderichshafen hosts the largest fleet in Europe, if not the world. Under the watchful gaze of its commander, Karl Dönitz, it is the envy of all that knows of it. Today, the citizens of Theoderichshafen continue to live, work and love in the narrow, cobbled streets of the former beach resort.

Proud to serve their Fatherland, the German inhabitants stare into the golden horizon - knowing that their grandchildren and their children will play in the same city they did. Few realise that dream is exactly what the Slavic inhabitants of Sevastopol thought. Perhaps next time, the prevailing conqueror will bury the inhabitants in named, individual graves.