Some people ask, when they visit Berlin, what about Hitler’s bunker – whether it still exists, where it is, etc. Like the Berlin Wall, it is something that still holds a great fascination for many people today. No wonder, since this is where one of the worst dictators in human history spent his last days.
The so-called Hitler bunker was an underground bunker 5 meters deep with about 30 rooms spread over two floors: the Vorbunker on the top floor and the Führerbunker one level below, where Hitler’s quarters were located.
This underground bunker was located under the buildings and gardens that were part of the Reich Chancellery (Hitler’s office and residence) and had exits to the main building and gardens.
It was in this bunker that Hitler shot himself on April 30, 1945. Eva Braun, who had been Hitler’s companion for years and whom he had married again the day before in the bunker, also committed suicide by ingesting a cyanide capsule. The bodies of the two people were burned in the garden near the exit of the bunker.
With them also committed suicide Joseph Goebbels (Minister of Propaganda) and his wife, who had previously poisoned their 6 children. With these suicides, the Second World War, which cost more than 55 million lives, came to an end in Europe.
After the end of the war, the Soviets demolished the ruins of the Reich Chancellery and, after a few attempts, blew up the bunker.
Today, all that can be seen is a parking lot and an information sign indicating that it was Hitler’s bunker. But for many years, there was no indication that the site had been Hitler’s bunker. The German authorities feared that the site would become a shrine, a place of worship for neo-Nazis. It was only in 2006 that this sign was placed on the site.
The site is located at the corner of Gertrud-Kolmar-Straße and In den Ministergärten. These streets are located between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate and just a few meters from the Holocaust Memorial.
How to get there:
S-Bahn: Lines S1, S2 and S25, station S+U Potsdamer Platz
U-Bahn: Line U2, station S+U Potsdamer Platz
Reconstruction of the bunker
On the picture, this is the entrance of the reconstructed bunker!
At the Berlin Story Bunker, you can immerse yourself in the eventful history of the city in a real World War II bunker. The tour inside the 6,500 square meter World War II bunker recreates some of the most infamous events in German history that led to Hitler’s suicide.
The museum is a heartbreaking reminder of a war that cost 70 million lives and is understandably intimidating. The “Hitler, How It Could Have Happened” exhibit is also part of the Berlin Story Bunker Museum.
The Berlin Story Bunker tour takes place in a recreation of the infamous Führerbunker, where Adolf Hitler spent his last days. This award-winning museum is designed to take you on a journey through 800 years of Berlin life through 30 different exhibits.
The multimedia exhibits include large-scale photography, short films, sculptures and other art installations. Visitors follow the audio guide’s lively explanations from the time of Frederick the Great in the 18th century to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
A free audio guide is available in English, and most signs are in English and German. The tour of the Berlin Bunker ends with a film.
Ticket price: €12
Take the S1, S2 or S25 to Anhalter station, which is only a three-minute walk from the Berlin History Museum.
The Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park subway station is also nearby.
Schöneberger Str. 23A, 10963 Berlin
https://www.berlinstory.de/
https://g.page/BerlinStoryBunker
