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Führerbunker

thumb|upright=1.4|Model of the New Reich Chancellery with location of bunker complex in red thumb|upright=1.4|Model of (left) and Vorbunker (right) The '''''' () was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex constructed in two phases in 1936 and 1944. It was the last of the Führer Headquarters () used by Adolf Hitler during World War II.

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Building.caption: July 1947 photo of the rear entrance to the in the garden of the Reich Chancellery. The corpses of Hitler and Eva Braun were burned in a shell hole in front of the emergency exit at left; the conical structure in the centre served for ventilation, and as a bomb shelter for the guards.
Building.pushpin_map: Germany Berlin central
Building.cost: (equivalent to € million in )
Building.location_town: Berlin
Building.location_country: Germany
Building.construction_start_date: 1943
Building.completion_date: 1944
Building.destruction_date: started 1947, completed 1980s
Building.architect: Albert Speer, Karl Piepenburg
Building.architecture_firm: Hochtief AG
Building.name: Führerbunker
Building.native_name: Führer's bunker
Building.native_name_lang: Deutsch
Building.image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183-V04744, Berlin, Garten der zerstörte Reichskanzlei.jpg
Building.image_size: 300px

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Construction
End of World War II
Post-war events
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thumb|upright=1.4|Model of the New Reich Chancellery with location of bunker complex in red thumb|upright=1.4|Model of (left) and Vorbunker (right) The '''' () was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex constructed in two phases in 1936 and 1944. It was the last of the Führer Headquarters () used by Adolf Hitler during World War II.

Hitler took up residence in the on 16 January 1945, and it became the centre of the Nazi regime until the last week of World War II in Europe. Hitler married Eva Braun there on 29 April 1945, less than 40 hours before they committed suicide.