Pasewalk

Pasewalk (German: [ˈpaːzəvalk] ⓘ) is a town in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

Located on the Uecker river, it is the capital of the former Uecker-Randow district, and the seat of the Uecker-Randow-Tal Amt, of which it is not part.

The town is famous for having been surrendered to the French without a fight during the War of the Fourth Coalition, despite them being far less numerous than the defenders of the city.

On the day World War I ended, Adolf Hitler, the future dictator of Nazi Germany, was being treated here after being wounded by a gas attack.

During the Battle of Berlin, part of World War II, Pasewalk was captured by troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front of the Red Army on 28 April 1945.

Georg von Kameke