The Reich Chancellery bunker was initially constructed as a temporary air-raid shelter for Hitler (who spent very little time in the capital during most of the war). Allies knew about the mansionsand the British Secret Service had been formulating plans to assassinate Hitler. Vandivert captured photographs inside Hitlers bunker, they are a vital part of a time in history that will never be forgotten. A popular resting stop on the mountain, Brahms once stayed here. Krebs told him that all would be lost if relief did not arrive within 48 hours. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Meanwhile, Bormann wired to German Admiral Karl Dnitz: "Reich Chancellery a heap of rubble. In the center of town GIs could walk for blocks and see no living thing, hear nothing but the stillness of death, smell nothing but the stench of death.. Despite its magnificence, Hitler rarely set foot in his expensive birthday present; he was rumored to suffer from chronic claustrophobia and vertigo. Over four miles of tunnels connected the mysterious underground Nazi headquarters. The Fhrerbunker, despite being underground and constantly damp, was decorated lavishly. The Reich Chancellery and the above-ground . The hotel was converted during the war into headquarters for the SS-Fuhrerleibwache, Hitlers own personal bodyguard. Krebs did not have the authority to surrender, so he returned to the bunker. (Photo: Luke Spencer). with the annual royalties he received from appearing on postage stamps, dominated with giant 25-foot picture window, German Federal Archives/WikiCommons CC BY-SA 3.0, speaks unflinchingly of all the evils of Nazi Germany, but the whole incredible secret history of Obersalzberg, personal folio of Shakespeare found their way back to random mantlepieces back in America. Countless signs in all languages at the Documentation Centre lead the way to the buses for the Eagles Nest. Christine Harper was born to a German mother and a father in the American Air Force. [25][26] That evening, Red Army tanks reached the outskirts of Berlin. 243K views 1 year ago During the closing stages of the Battle of Berlin, Adolf Hitler would decide to remain in the German capital until his final days. That first conflict deeply influenced his future. He openly declared for the first time the war was lostand he blamed his generals. Oberwallstrasse, in central Berlin, saw some of the most vicious fighting between German and Soviet troops in the spring of 1945. During Hitler's stay in the Fhrerbunker, the Goebbels family moved in as well and made the Vorbunker their home. On 4 July, American writer James P. O'Donnell toured the bunker after giving the Soviet guard a pack of cigarettes. A detailed interior site investigation by the Soviets, including measurements, took place on 16 May 1946. [38] Keitel gave Wenck permission to break off the attempt. Keitel promised to exert the utmost pressure on Generals Walther Wenck, commander of the Twelfth Army, and Theodor Busse, commander of the Ninth Army. Note bloodstains on arm of soaf [sic] where Eva bled. [38] Johannes Hentschel, the master electro-mechanic for the bunker complex, stayed after everyone else had either left or committed suicide, as the field hospital in the Reich Chancellery above needed power and water. Underground, as part of the tunneling project, the hotel contained SS prison cells, as well as living quarters for the guards, as well serving as a conduit between Bormann and Hitlers bunkers. View of debris atop a table inside Adolf Hitler's command bunker. Descending into the basement of the hotel down a narrow stone spiral staircase, the first thing you will encounter are the old wood-lined SS cells. Take a look inside Hitlers bunker below. Thirdly, bulk of Ninth Army surrounded. Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich (German: Der Untergang: Hitler und das Ende des Dritten Reiches) is a book by historian Joachim Fest about the last days of the life of Adolf Hitler, in his Berlin Fhrerbunker in 1945. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. [23] That afternoon, Berlin was bombarded by Soviet artillery for the first time. Deep in the woods of Ktrzyn, Poland, lies the crumbling remains of Adolf Hitler's secret outpost, the Wolf's Lair. This subterranean complex would be the setting to some of WW2s significant events and decisions. Obersalzberg became a village community for around 2,000 high ranking Nazis and their families. Firstly of the whereabouts of Wenck's spearheads. It is right in the centre, near to the Reichstag building, Holocaust memorial, Brandenberg Gate, and Checkpoint Charlie. Remarkable stuff but, as it turns out, its probably only about half right. No purchase necessary. Dripping with condensation, lined with stalactites and green mold, the air is chillingly cold and undisturbed. He may have been thinking about the graves of friends in other parts of the world, or of the graves of so many unknown millions who perished because of this one man, Adolf Hitler. When we talked about the day later that evening at dinner, I asked him if he had any thoughts about the site from his previous visits. A rare picture of Hitler meeting Groadmiral Karl Dnitz taken inside the Fuhrerbunker, shortly before his suicide. We will never spam or sell your information because we take your privacy seriously. It was decided by the Russians that no trace of the Fuhrerbunker should remain. The Fhrerbunker (German pronunciation: [fybk]) was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. [69], On 8 June 2006, during the lead-up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, an information board was installed to mark the location of the Fhrerbunker. The Reich Chancellery bunker was initially constructed as a temporary air-raid shelter for Hitler, who actually spent very little time in the capital during most of the war. 945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 [24], Hitler was in denial about the dire situation and placed his hopes on the units commanded by Waffen-SS General Felix Steiner, the Armeeabteilung Steiner ("Army Detachment Steiner"). 13 Photos That Take You Inside The Fhrerbunker Adolf Hitlers Final Hideout. (Photo: A US Army aerial photo showing the ruins of the Berghof at lower right. Standing in the ruins of where Hitlers most evil plans were formulated is a chilling experience. Two representatives from each nation watched several Germans dig up soil; this included the site where Hitler's remains had been exhumed that May. (Photo: Luke Spencer). (Photo: Luke Spencer). But because I have gotten to know him well over the years, it seems likely that he was thinking of the other young men he had served with, and fought with, during the war. Later that morning, Weidling informed Hitler that the defenders would probably exhaust their ammunition that night and again asked him for permission to break out. A long wall embedded into the tree line is all that remains of the Berghof. The Documentation Centre also opened up a small stretch of the tunnels, which were originally built as a refuge underneath the hotel. DeSantis won't say he's running. The dictator's desk: As fighting raged outside, the Fuehrer was holed up with his closest associates, including Eva Braun, who he married inside the bunker in his final hours. The U.S. remained on the mountain until as recently as 1996. On the April 29, he had completed his will and last political testament, and married his longtime mistress, Eva Braun. You can see it below: Should the bunker have been preserved as a bunker? [b][36][37] During the night of 28 April, General Wenck reported to Keitel that his Twelfth Army had been forced back along the entire front and it was no longer possible for his army to relieve Berlin. Forgotten in the forest, the emergency entrance and exit to Hitlers bunker beneath the Berghof. After the war, even though the bunker was underground and the Reich Chancellery building was destroyed, the death place of Adolf Hitler threatened to become a pilgrimage site for modern neo-Nazis and others dedicated to the Nazis odious, racist, and genocidal political ideas. All rights reserved. The site of the Fuhrerbunker today is an unremarkable area, marked only by a single sign, not installed until 2006 that contains info about the bunker. LIFE Vandivert was able to photograph inside Hitler's bunker. Presumably this is what led the U.S. to insist that Germany dynamited surviving structures of Obersalzberg in 1952. But the large scale underground earthworks being carried out at Obersalzberg remained mysterious. Video, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story, Ed Sheeran says wife developed tumour in pregnancy, Daily walk prevents one in 10 early deaths - study, Survivors describe 'nightmarish seconds' as trains crashed, Trump lashes out at Murdoch over vote fraud case, Finland starts construction of Russia border fence, Uranium particles enriched to 83.7% found in Iran, Chinese factories boom while Japan's are in reverse, LA agrees to pay Kobe Bryant widow almost $29m. The remains of the bunker, where Adolf Hitler committed suicide, in the ruins of the former Reich Chancellery in the area which became known as 'The Death Strip' between East and West Berlin, Germany, November 1995. Last Hitler bodyguard Rochus Misch dies "He was the last survivor from Hitler's bunker. The destruction is immense and the underground bunker is incredibly eerie. They show the decrepit state of Adolf Hitlers World War Two headquarters. by [66], Government authorities wanted to destroy the last vestiges of these Nazi landmarks. But still, large parts of the secret mountain complex remain untouched and forgotten. The Fuhrerbunker was a vast air raid shelter located right in the centre of Berlin, located in the garden of the Reich Chancellory. The unspoiled beauty of Berchtesgaden and its cheerful way of life has made it a beloved holiday destination for centuries of Germans. For his 50th birthday, an even more impressive house was built for Hitler, this time soaring 6,000 feet high on the Kehlsteinhaus, above the Berghof. The entrance to the Eagles Nest tunnel, taken by a US soldier in 1945. These passageways would have linked Bormanns underground chambers directly to the Hitlers rooms underneath the Berghof. Hitler and his cronies spent over 800 days at this large, secret complex between 1941-1944. As Soviet soldiers scoured the burning streets of Berlin above his head searching for him, on April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler began his normal work routine that morning deep in the bunker under the Reich Chancellery building. The entrance to Berghof, in 1933. In his underground offices, Adolf Hitler ate, slept, held military briefings, married Eva Braun, and killed himself. [28], On 23 April,[a] Hitler appointed General of the Artillery Helmuth Weidling, commander of the LVI Panzer Corps, as the commander of the Berlin Defense Area, replacing Lieutenant-Colonel (Oberstleutnant) Ernst Kaether. Deep in the mountains of Bavaria is a concrete doorway set into the side of the mountain. The first group from the Reich Chancellery was led by Mohnke; they tried unsuccessfully to break through the Soviet rings and were captured the next day. Before that, he served with courage in WWI. They were found in their beds in the Vorbunker with the clear mark of cyanide shown on their faces. In fact, the German dictator spent more time here, than he did inside the Berlin bunker. Hilter and wife Eva Braun killed themselves in the bunker on April 30 1945. [48] In the late afternoon, Goebbels had his children poisoned, and he and his wife left the bunker at around 20:30. Winston Churchill visited the Reich Chancellery and bunker on 14 July 1945. Shortly before he died Misch wrote a new introduction for this first-ever English-language edition. In 1987, Robert Conrad broke into the Fuhrerbunker over 30 times, risking years in prison to take photos of Hitlers final headquarters. Between August 1940 and March 1945 American, Royal Air Force and Soviet bombers launched more than 350 air strikes on Berlin; tens of thousands of civilians were killed, and countless buildings apartment buildings, government offices, military installations were obliterated. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. This area received an incredible amount of fighting and damage between Russian and German troops in the spring of 1945. What is known today as the Fhrerbunker was a pair of underground concrete air raid shelters. The Reich Chancellery and the above-ground portions of the bunker (a smokestack, a guardhouse, and a single exit) were demolished in 1947 and never rebuilt. As mentioned above, there is no real evidence of the bunker today. [7] About 30small rooms were protected by approximately 4m (13ft 1in) of concrete; exits led into the main buildings, as well as an emergency exit up to the garden. Most agree with the Nazi's official party line, that he and Eva Braun were cremated in a shell hole outside the bunker, though the lack of evidence adds to the enduring mystery and ever-present conspiracy theories. [9] After descending the stairs into the lower section and passing through the steel door, there was a long corridor with a series of rooms on each side. Its where Hitler married Eva Braun. But not everything was destroyed, and today, you can still visit the secret ruins of the Nazis planned Alpine fortress. It is thought that the Allies suspected not a giant underground community, but that this was a new site for German arms manufacturing, especially of the feared atomic bomb. (Photo: American soldiers at Berchtesgaden toast victory. The Eagles Nest became a restaurant and beer garden in the 1950s. 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne, 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, Matsushiro Underground Imperial Headquarters, "Berliner Unterwelten e.V. Carpet bombed by the Royal Air Force in April of 1945, then locked up by the occupying U.S. Army, it was handed back over to Germany in 1952 with the proviso that the remnants be blown up again out of existence. Hitler stayed in a modest rental cabin overlooking the town that he wrote the second half of his autobiographical work, Mein Kampf. Take a look inside Hitler's bunker below. The tee-totaling, vegetarian Hitler had a quiet last lunch, shook hands with the remaining staff, and that afternoon committed suicide with his wife on a couch in his private sitting room. As conditions deteriorated at the end of the war, Hitler received much of his war news from BBC radio broadcasts and via courier. A mock-up of Hitler's living room-cum-office - but the furniture is not from the original bunker. [63] Thereafter, the bunker largely survived, although some areas were partially flooded. In the 1980s the Fuhrerbunker was dug up and then destroyed completely. Before WWI, Hitler was an unpromising individual. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Soon, Goering, Himmler, Hess, and Goebbels also had opulent mansions A childrens asthma clinic, situated there to benefit from the clear mountain air, was occupied and turned into a house for Bormann himself. He was able to photograph the very bunker that Hitler and Eva spent their final months in. Fourthly, Holste's Corps on the defensive. When WWI broke out, he volunteered for service in the Bavarian army. At the Arcadia Conference, held in Washington, DC, from December 24, 1941 to January 14, 1942, the Western Allies agreed to a Germany First policy to govern global strategy, but the question where to engage Germany, and when, remained unsettled. Surrounded on all sides by the soaring Alps, the secluded picturesque town is marked by domed church steeples, terracotta tiled houses, wild flowers and beer gardens. Ultimately, Hitler never retreated to his mountain sanctuary, deciding to remain in Berlin where he committed suicide. [22] Hitler made his last trip to the surface on 20 April, his 56th birthday, going to the ruined garden of the Reich Chancellery where he awarded the Iron Cross to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth. She was seated at far end . However, recently authorities decided to mark the location with an information board. Berlin, 1945. The entrance to Berghof, in 1933. American soldiers at Berchtesgaden toast victory. It was built in two phases; the first phase was in 1936 when it was being built as a temporary air raid shelter for when Hitler was in Berlin which wasnt that often during the war. The river in the center of town runs with water fed from the lake of the Konigssee. The surface of the tunnels begin around 250 feet under the ground. William Vandivert/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. While under quarantine, I was recently saddened to learn that he passed away. The loss of so many young men deeply unsettled the Germans; they called it the Massacre of the Innocents. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Its roof was made of concrete almost 3m (9ft 10in) thick. [12] Next to it was the conference/map room (also known as the briefing/situation room) which had a door that led out into the waiting room/anteroom. [20] Conferences took place for much of the night,[19] often until 05:00. Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich. Taken on April 29, 1945, just one day before his suicide, this is widely believed to be the last photo of Adolf Hitler (right), seen here surveying the ruins of the Reich chancellery in Berlin with his adjutant, Julius Schaub. An SS officers cap, with the infamous deaths-head skull emblem barely visible. His photos were taken during construction of the surrounding area, meaning he only had a very short window to break in and explore the Hitler bunker. vaticani la bunker dagli archivi segreti del kgb le ultime ore di hitler ulrich estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea tragic ceremony . - Paul-Ludwig Weinacht 2001 Krieg und Militr im . Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric', The people who want you to believe the Ukraine war is fake. Required fields are marked *. But while the museums are a definite step forward, large parts of the ruins of Obersalzberg are pointedly not mentioned; there are no sign posts for what hides in the woods. Increased bombing of Berlin led to expansion of the complex as an improvised permanent shelter. The book also contains new introduction by Roger Moorhouse. [67] The construction of the buildings in the area around the Fhrerbunker was a strategy for ensuring the surroundings remained anonymous and unremarkable. [21], On 16 April, the Red Army started the Battle of Berlin, and they started to encircle the city by 19 April. While hiding in a fortified two level 3,000-square-foot underground bunker, one of history's most brutal tyrants promised the . by Joachim Fest, translated by Margot Bettauer Dembo; Picador, New York, 2005, $13. Courtesy Keith Huxen, PhD. Beginning around 1936, the leading figures in the Nazi party began building similarly grandiose homes near Hitler. (Photo: Luke Spencer). Another Berchtesgaden resident, historian and film maker, Florian Beierl has completed extensive research and mapping of the underground lair, in conjunction with the Bavarian state government, tracking down and interviewing many of the original engineers and exploring its deepest depths for a book, Inside Hitlers Mountain. After all, it was, in a sense, the scene of the Allies ultimate triumph over Hitlerism. Number 14 on the drawing below. G/Geschichte - 2005 Propaganda und Film im "Dritten Reich" - Wolf Donner 1995 Umstrittene Vergangenheit - Wolfgang Wippermann 1998 Wohin treibt die Europische Union? An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. info@nationalww2museum.org In 1959, communist East Germany removed the debris of Hitler's bunker - a notice is all that marks the spot now. This was the underground living quarters of Hitlers bodyguard. Secondly of time intended to attack. (Photo: Luke Spencer). Vandivert was the first Western photographer to gain access to Hitlers Fhrerbunker, or shelter for the leader, after the fall of Berlin, and a handful of his pictures of the bunker and the ruined city were published in LIFE magazine in July 1945. [19] Hitler mostly stayed on the lower level, where it was quieter and he could sleep. In the last months of the Second . The Fuhrerbunker was initially constructed as an air-raid shelter, for Hitler to use during his stays in Berlin at the Reich Chancellery. [70], Ruins of the bunker after demolition in 1947, Site of Fhrerbunker and information board on Gertrud-Kolmar-Strae in August 2011, A side angle view of the site in July 2007, July 1947 photo of the rear entrance to the Fhrerbunker in the garden of the. Inside Hitler's bunker - YouTube 0:00 / 3:13 Inside Hitler's bunker gOld Times 4.04K subscribers 133 28K views 6 years ago Inside Hitler's bunker Haunting images reveal inside. Another account was that they each bit on a cyanide ampule and were given a coup de grce immediately afterwards. Wolf's Lair - A Brief History Image: Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada / CC BY-SA Wolf's Lair played a very important role in WW2. Adolf Hitler is remembered for the terrible destruction of WWII. Within four days, they had only 611 unwounded survivors. These women and men faced terrible danger and deserve to be remembered. [6] Besides being deeper under ground, the Fhrerbunker had significantly more reinforcement. Tunnel system beneath the Platterhof Hotel, now part of the Documentation Centre exhibit. Initially, Hitler continued to use the undamaged wing of the Reich Chancellery, where he held afternoon military conferences in his large study. View of an unidentified 16th-century painting (looted from a museum in Milan) atop an oil drum among debris inside Adolf Hitler's command bunker under the Reichschancellery building, William Vandivert/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. However, it is the most widely accepted story. "A vivid reconstruction of the final weeks of Hitler's regime." - Kirkus Reviews Fest describes in riveting detail the final weeks of the war, from the desperate battles that raged night and day in the ruins of Berlin, fought by boys and old men, to the growing paranoia that marked Hitler's mental state, to his suicide and the efforts of his loyal aides to destroy his body before the . There is a plaque here, placed by the German government that indicates the location of Hitlers home. [44][45] In accordance with Hitler's instructions, his and Eva's bodies were burned in the garden behind the Reich Chancellery. Together they have been providing fascinating in depth tours that include not just the Eagles Nest, but the whole incredible secret history of Obersalzberg. Also, toffee tins, mess kits, and a 1930s sports car. A crushed globe and a bust of Hitler amid rubble outside the ruined Reich Chancellery. one. See. Deep underground, a chilling air blows through the now-empty rooms of Hitlers subterranean city. As with most of Obersalzberg, the Hotel zum Turken was heavily damaged during the RAF raid. The campaign in North Africa began with a daring Anglo-American commando raid code-named Operation RESERVIST. For four months he would hide out there, giving orders and taking meetings in the highly reinforced, entirely self-contained complex. Eighty years ago, the Red Army managed to stop, contain, and ultimately defeat the largest German army on the Eastern Front. [17] Two or three dozen support, medical, and administrative staff were also sheltered there. 04/26/2019. Berchtesgaden is one of the prettiest towns in all of Europe. Most historians are now quite certain that Braun committed suicide by biting into a cyanide capsule, rather than by gunshotmeaning the bloodstains on the couch might well be Hitlers, after all. The site remained unmarked until 2006, when a small plaque was installed with a schematic diagram. Word that Benito Mussolini had met his death in Italy arrived before lunchtime; Mussolinis corpse, along that of his mistress, Clara Petacci, had been smashed in fury by a mob and hung upside down outside a gas stationa most ignoble end for the man whom Hitler credited with having taught him that a civilizations decline could be reversed. Over 200 feet below the surface and safe from Allied air raids. Hitler took up residence in the Fhrerbunker on 16 January 1945, and it became the centre of the Nazi regime until the last week of World War II in Europe. Some corridors of the bunker still exist but are sealed off from the public. For decades, Harper says, the problem in Germany was that education on World War II wasnt mandatory, so they didnt have to talk about it. Times have changed, though. Inside Hitler's Bunker Paperback - January 1, 2012 by Joachim Fest Joachim C. Fest (Author) 29 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $19.01 6 Used from $19.01 Paperback $11.72 4 Used from $10.29 Reissued with a striking new cover, the classic account of one of the most dramatic final acts in modern history: the collapse of the Third Reich. It is a shame such a momentous location and key part to WW2 history has been erased. From the edges of the door frame comes a chilling cold breeze. He would remain inside the Fuhrerbunker,. Secondly, Twelfth Army therefore unable to continue attack on Berlin. Not long after the two-week battle for Berlin ended, 33-year-old LIFE photographer William Vandivert was on the scene, photographing the citys devastated landscape and the eerie scene inside the bunker where Adolf Hitler spent the last months of his life; where he and Eva Braun were married; and where, just before wars end, the two killed themselves on April 30. This subterranean complex would be the setting to some of WW2's significant events and decisions. "[38] In the early morning of 30 April, Jodl replied to Krebs: "Firstly, Wenck's spearhead bogged down south of Schwielow Lake. After the war, both the old and new Chancellery buildings were levelled by the Soviets. The Vorbunker ( forward bunker; the upper bunker), completed in 1936. But if you walk five minutes in the opposite direction, into a the forest, you can see a small clearing with concrete remains of what was clearly a giant structure. Hitler married Eva Braun there on 29 April 1945, less than 40 hours before they committed suicide . The Fhrerbunker was the larger, nicer space behind the Vorbunker. January 16, 2015 10:30 AM EST. After the war, both the old and new Chancellery buildings were levelled by the Soviets. The Vorbunker was easier to access, and relied more heavily on the reinforcement of the Chancellery, than its own construction for protection. Hitler spent the last phase of World War Two stuck inside a bunker, as recreated here in a Nazi-era air raid shelter in Berlin. He inspected, with a trembling hand, a group of boys sent to defend the city against the Red Army in the name of Hitlers professed philosophy of racial superiority. These haunting images show the inside of the Fhrerbunker - the underground hideaway where Hitler and Eva Braun took . These dwellings replicated the homes above them, complete with air ventilation systems, dehumidifiers and central heating. He waited in the stairwell and heard the shots, then walked up the remaining stairs and saw the lifeless bodies of the couple outside. [50] Goebbels' SS adjutant Gnther Schwgermann testified in 1948 that the couple walked ahead of him up the stairs and out to the Chancellery garden. Behind the concrete structure, about a minutes uphill walk into the forest, are a small collection of stone foundations. Hitler's infamous bunker gets a facelift. "[31] He said that the foreign press was reporting fresh acts of treason and "that without exception Schrner, Wenck and the others must give evidence of their loyalty by the quickest relief of the Fhrer". In 1959, the East German government began a series of demolitions of the Chancellery, including the bunker. At Obersalzberg, the museum, which all Munich school children are required to visit, along with a trip to Dachau, speaks unflinchingly of all the evils of Nazi Germany. A US Army aerial photo showing the ruins of the Berghof at lower right. Inside Hitler's Bunker. These pictures were taken in August 1980 when the Reich Chancellery bunker was reopened for a short while; all pictures are courtesy of the German Bundesarchiv. Shortly after the two-week Battle of Berlin, a 33-year-old LIFE photographer, William Vandivert, visited the devastated landscape of Berlin documenting the ruins. The bunker was eventually filled in, and the German government would obviously not allow any graceful stone memorial, statue or plaque on the site. The first section was known as the Vorbunker and was the smaller, shallower area located directly beneath the cellar of the Reich Chancellery. [61] On 11 December 1945, the Soviets allowed a limited investigation of the bunker grounds by the other Allied powers. Above ground, an entire village was built as an Alpine retreat for the Nazi government. 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