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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.

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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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Bundesarchiv Bild 183-V04744, Berlin, Garten der zerstörte Reichskanzlei.jpg
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Führerbunker
inception
1944-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1947-12-05
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10 sections
Contents
  • Construction
  • End of World War II
  • Post-war events
  • See also
  • References
  • Informational notes
  • Citations
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

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.

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