The Red Tower of Death in Karlovy Vary, Czechia

The Red Tower of Death (Rudá věž smrti in Czech) acquired its name both from its exposed red-brick architecture and, more symbolically, as a reference to the communist regime and the blood of the political prisoners who perished there. The tower served as a central dry-sorting and crushing plant for uranium ore. It was surrounded by forced labour camp "L" (Vykmanov II), widely considered one of th