Słodowa Island

Słodowa Island sits in the middle of the Oder River, anchored by a solitary, scorched-brick building that survived the Second World War while almost everything around it crumbled. It was once the property of a monastic order that used it for flour production, which gave the island its name, Malt Island. In nineteen forty-five, the building served as a headquarters for German commanders during the Siege of Breslau. It remained a ruin for decades, a scarred shell left open to the sky.