Anchored in Peenemünde Harbor, not far from the main facility of the Peenemünde Army Research Centre is the Juliet-class Soviet submarine U-461. The submarine was acquired by Germany under complicated circumstances after the fall of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. It now serves as a lifesize submarine museum. Inside the submarine, visitors are left essentially unsupervised to explore the various nooks and crannies of the enormous ship. Lifesize models of crew members have been placed around the various sectors, creating an effect that is either cheesy or creepy depending on…
