  We construct an explicit topological model (similar to the topological
Springer fibers appearing in work of Khovanov and Russell) for every two-row
Springer fiber associated with the even orthogonal group and prove that the
respective topological model is homeomorphic to its corresponding Springer
fiber. This confirms a conjecture by Ehrig and Stroppel concerning the topology
of the equal-row Springer fiber for the even orthogonal group. Moreover, we
show that every two-row Springer fiber for the symplectic group is homeomorphic
(even isomorphic as an algebraic variety) to a connected component of a certain
two-row Springer fiber for the even orthogonal group.
