Kłomino, located in a sparsely populated and densely wooded area of former German province of Pomerania, in the early 20th century was a little village known as Westfalenhof.

[citation needed] Westfalenhof was captured by the advancing Red Army in January 1945, and after World War II it remained in Soviet hands, as a military base.

Even though officially part of the People's Republic of Poland, it was de facto a Soviet Union territory, and Poles were not allowed to enter the town.

Around 6,000 Soviet soldiers lived there, and the parts of the former German base which were not needed any more were razed to the ground by the Red Army servicemen.

[2] The derelict village became one of hundreds of former military installations in countries of the former Eastern Bloc — Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.

The Nazi- and Soviet-era buildings have been abandoned and now the only sign that remains of the town's "glory" is the last wall of a collapsed movie theatre adorned with colourful Soviet propaganda.

It was planned to be a recovery centre for drug addicts, meeting points for Polish enthusiasts of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, or a prison.