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The first post-war photos of the interior of the Führerbunker were taken in July 1945. On 4 July, American writer James P. O'Donnell toured the bunker after giving the Soviet guard a pack of cigarettes. [60] [61] Many soldiers, politicians, and diplomats visited the bunker complex in the following days and months.
The bodies in the foreground are waiting to be thrown into the fire. Another picture shows one of the places in the forest where people undress before 'showering'—as they were told—and then go to the gas-chambers. Send film roll as fast as you can. Send the enclosed photos to Tell—we think enlargements of the photos can be sent further. [26]
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.
In 1918, Adolf Hitler returned to Munich after Germany's defeat in World War I.Similar to many German veterans at the time, he was left feeling bitter and frustrated. He believed in the widely held "Stab-in-the-back myth", that the German Army did not lose the war on the battlefield but on the home front due to the communists and Jews.
The albums are documents of the intended gallery holdings and are the most important historical and visual sources relating to the gallery of the Führermuseum. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Notably, the collection included three Rembrandts, La Danse by Watteau , the Memling portrait by Corsini, the Rubens Ganymede , and Vermeer 's The Artist in His Studio , a ...
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]
Map showing the locations of the Führer Headquarters throughout Europe. The Führer Headquarters (German: Führerhauptquartiere), abbreviated FHQ, were a number of official headquarters used by the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and various other German commanders and officials throughout Europe during World War II. [1]
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.