“Wolfsshanze”/ “Wolf`s hole” was the place from where Hitler sent to death millions of people. Why “Wolf`s hole”? Probably because Hitler`s adolescence nick name was Wolf. Here we can see a map of this place:
“Ieeja” (left corner) is entrance. In building No. 1 was SS officers`barracks, now a crappy hotel. No. 2 is Hitler`s bunker. No. 6 is barrack, where Hitler was tried to kill by Schtaufenberg. Place seems quite big – once it was 250 ha big plus 800 ha of surrounding forests with more than 2000 inhabitants.
Hitler`s bunker. Damaged, but some walls still standing. Walls (5 m) were too thick for bombs to break them…Rooms were small, equipment like in barrack. In his rooms Hitler had big wooden box for his German Shepard dog Blondie. Hitler celebrated here Christmas and his birthdays and met with allied.
Monument in place where unsuccessful Hitler`s assassination happened.
“Wolf`s hole” now is part of Poland and since 1958 it`s opened for tourists. WH building started in October 1940 and was finished in June 1941, but last time Hitler was there in November 1944. In total Hitler spent there 850 days and liked the place although his fellows thought about this place as something between monastery and concentration camp. In 1945 place was overtaken by Soviet army after German army blow up all buildings as much as they could.
[Photos and information from magazine "Majas viesis"]
2 Comments
January 5, 2009 at 10:24 pm
All , sadly, victims of circumstance.
Seeing Von Stauffenberg’s son on TV was of interest and I wondered if there are other living relatives .
Incredible luck allowed Hitler to escape being assassinated…but why should this have have been !
So many “innocents” died that day.
May 2, 2009 at 11:59 am
hello,
sorry, but “Wolfsshanze/ Wolf`s hole” ist wrong in two ways: at first, it is written “Wolfsschanze” and second, the translation “Wolf`s hole” is not correct. A “Schanze” is a military term, which means an earthwork or a redoubt, not a hole. So it is “Wolf’s redoubt”.