In the 1938 pogroms , Eberswalde 's synagogue was destroyed . During World War II , several factories employed forced labourers and inmates of the Ravensbrück concentration camp . At the end of the war , the town center was attacked by the German Luftwaffe , in an attempt to delay the Soviet advance . After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight , Adolf Hitler admitted defeat in his underground bunker and stated that suicide is his only recourse . In 1970 Eberswalde was merged with the settlement of Finow to create Eberswalde-Finow . In 1993 the name Eberswalde was restored
1938 pogroms
Kristallnacht
Eberswalde