The Bunker, Berlin

[The644LuftwaffeSquadron]

hi, i am not sure if this is the correct section for this question but i hope you can help anyway.

does anyone have any good pictures of the inside of hitler's bunker in berlin?

i have never been able to find any!!!

please help

with thanks The 644 Luftwafe Squadron

[Zapfenstreich]

I can't remember seeing any photos of the bunker interior except for the few American post war photos which showed almost nothing of the details. There might be something tucked away in the Russian or US national archives but I've never seen them. My guess is it was so very high security that cameras were never allowed. Here is a site that shows the floor plan of the bunker. It probably won't help you at all. It's in Spanish but it's pretty simple Spanish and shouldn't be too difficult to follow. Here it is for what it's worth:

http://exordio.com/1939-1945/codex/vsoldado/Bunker.html

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[Geoff Walden]

John Toland's book "Hitler - The Pictorial Documentary of His Life" (NY, 1978, photo 420) shows what is purported to be the only existing photo taken inside the Führerbunker, before the end of the war. The photo came from the collection of Admiral von Puttkammer (Hitler's Naval Adjutant), and shows him, Hitler's Dr. Theo Morell, and Hitler's valet Krause (and some others), standing in a corridor or waiting room - maybe outside the briefing room.

There were several photos taken by the Russians inside the Bunker - these show the couch on which Hitler and Eva committed suicide - showing the blood stains on the couch - and also several other rooms - mostly a mess. These have been published in various books.

Geoff Walden

[Eva]

I have this one taken of der Chef and a visitor to the Bunker. Also, the aforementioned pictoral history (Toland) is a good place to see pictures. There is another book: The Last Days of Hitler- Legend, Evidence, Truth by Anton Joachimsthaler which I find pretty much worthless information wise, but has in it some remarkable pictures of the bunker as the invaders found it (it's a pretty big mess but most of the furniture is at least where it should be). ISBN: 0-304-35453-8

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[J.M.]

This is the only known picture of the inside of the Fuhrerbunker before the surrender.

[K.Kocjancic]

Does anyone has better photo (refering to last posted picture) or has any info on those SS-soldiers? IICSC, there is also a SS-Panzermann there.

[Eva]

One of those gentlemen is Admiral v. Puttkamer (forgive me if I speleld that wrong) and another is a former valet of der chef by the name of Krause.

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[J.M.]

Here is a better looking image of the picture shown earlier.

[J.M.]

Here is a picture of the insides of the lounge/salon room of the Fuhrerbunker.

[Nectar]

the men above (with v. Puttkamer) look quite happy

(relieved the war's almost over?)

And who's that panzerman?

[J.M.]

This image is of the salon/sitting room. This is where the death of the Fuhrer and Eva Braun took place. Note the soldier in the picture is an American.

[J.M.]

Here is another interesting picture although I do not know which room this is. Since I am new to this forum I was unable to reduce the image sizes of the rest of the pictures that I have. Maybe I can email them to other members of this forum who are interested and better at these things than me. I found an excellent looking map of the insides of the Fuhrerbunker which even shows the layout of some of the furnishings. It can be veiwed at http://www.concentric.net/~Jm60/MapofFuhrerbunker.jpg

[Reich Ruin]

Just curious....when was the Fuhrerbunker orgionally constructed and completed ?

[atomicmisfit]

Albert Speer designed and look over the secret construction of the second later part of the hitler bunker.
Why did he not hand up all the secrets of the bunker after the war??
Even after all the interviews that speer eagerly gave to german television during the eighties, he still did not discribe any of the details of the hitler bunker, that possible have now been lost for ever!

Joshua

Ps. i think hitler forbid the photography of the internal scandum of the bunker, that is why it will be hard to find private photos of the internal workings, possible except the photos taken by the stasy inteligence people during the eighties.

Hope this helps.

[Mich]

I also found a picture.
Looks like Hitler's bedroom to me.

Best,

Mich.