21 March 2023, Brandenburg, Seelow: Thomas Drewing, chairman of the Gusow-Platkow history and local history association (Märkisch-Oderland), stands next to a "protze," a construction with which horses could pull an artillery piece, in the building of the Seelow train station in the new "Seelow/Mark History Station. How did locals, refugees and soldiers experience the pre-war, war and post-war years in the Oder region? Answers to these questions can now be found at the "Seelow/Mark History Station" in the old train station - compiled and designed by volunteer historical researchers. (to dpa: "Seelow's old train station is now a regional history station") Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa