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3D model of the New Reich Chancellery with location of bunker complex in red 3D model of Führerbunker (left) and Vorbunker (right). The Führerbunker (German pronunciation: [ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ] ⓘ) was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
Schematic diagram of the Führerbunker. By early 1945, Nazi Germany was on the verge of total military collapse. Poland had fallen to the advancing Soviet Red Army, which was preparing to cross the Oder between Küstrin and Frankfurt-an-der-Oder with the objective of capturing Berlin 82 kilometres (51 mi) to the west. [12]
The corner of Wilhelmstraße and Voßstraße today, now occupied by an apartment block and a Chinese restaurant A part of the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park , supposedly built from red marble – actually granite – which was said to be taken from the ruins of the New Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime is a 2006 book by Steven Lehrer, in which Lehrer recounts the history of a group of Berlin buildings, from their construction in the 18th century until their complete destruction during and after World War II.
Hitler depicted by the US Secret Service in 1944 to show how he might disguise himself to evade capture. Conspiracy theories about the death of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, contradict the accepted fact that he committed suicide in the Führerbunker on 30 April 1945.
When the Berlin Wall went up in August 1961, much of Voßstraße became stranded in no-man's-land. Today, there is still little of note along the street, although it continues to attract curious visitors looking for the site of the Reich Chancellery and the Führerbunker. [6] [9] Voßstrasse from the air in December 2003
Today, the Rococo-style palace overlooking a picturesque pond is open to the public as Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron. Commissioned by Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg Count Leopold Anton Eleutherius von ...
Schematic diagram of the Vorbunker as it was in April 1945. The Vorbunker (upper bunker or forward bunker) was an underground concrete structure originally intended to be a temporary air-raid shelter for Adolf Hitler and his guards and servants.