Only accessible through the Vorbunker, the Fuhrerbunker was deeper underground and spread out to extend below the garden of the Chancellery. The Führerbunker was the larger, nicer space behind the Vorbunker. During Hitler's stay in the Führerbunker, the Goebbels family moved in as well and made the Vorbunker their home. The Vorbunker was easier to access, and relied more heavily on the reinforcement of the Chancellery, than its own construction for protection. The first section was known as the Vorbunker and was the smaller, shallower area located directly beneath the cellar of the Reich Chancellery. While the entire complex is referred to as the Fuhrerbunker, there were actually two separate shelters in the space. Hitler never actually spent much time in the German capital during the war, but the bunker would prove to be useful in the war's last few months. The Fuhrerbunker was initially constructed as an air-raid shelter, for Hitler to use during his stays in Berlin at the Reich Chancellery. 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. One day later, it became the site of their tandem suicide and the site of an enduring mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the Fuhrer's body. On April 29, 1945, Hitler's bunker became the site of his marriage, to girlfriend Eva Braun. The Fuhrerbunker was decorated with high-quality furniture and framed artwork, and equipped with an expansive food storage space.

On January 16, 1945, Adolf Hitler took up residence at the Führerbunker, making it his final headquarters, and bringing the Nazi regime's command center to the cold, underground structure.įor four months he would hide out there, giving orders and taking meetings in the highly reinforced, entirely self-contained complex.

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