Wolf's Lair
Sign in to saveone of Nazi Germany's military headquarters during WW2, now in Gierłoż, Kętrzyn, Poland
Key facts
- Type
- Camouflaged concrete bunkers
- Owner
- Polish Government
- Open to the public
- Yes
- Condition
- Mostly destroyed
- Built
- 1941 ; 85 years ago ( 1941 )
- Built by
- Hochtief AG , Organisation Todt
- In use
- June 1941 – January 1945
- Materials
- 2 m (6 ft 7 in) steel-reinforced concrete
- Fate
- Partially demolished by retreating German forces
- Events
- 20 July Plot
- Past commanders
- Johann Rattenhuber
- Garrison
- Reichssicherheitsdienst Führerbegleitbrigade
- Occupants
- Adolf Hitler Government of Nazi Germany Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- headquarters
- Part of
- Führer Headquarters
- Named after
- Adolf Hitler
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Located in
- Kętrzyn
- Material used
- reinforced concrete
- Official website
- wolfsschanze.pl/en/location-and-construction
- Image
- Adolf Hitler's Bunker in Wolfsschanze.JPG
- Significant event
- 20 July plot
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wolf's Lair (German: Wolfsschanze; Polish: Wilczy Szaniec) was Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II. Currently, it is a museum open to the public, as well as a hotel, conference room and restaurant.
The headquarters was located in the Masurian woods, near the village of Görlitz (now Gierłoż), about 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of the town of Rastenburg (now Kętrzyn), in present-day Poland. The central complex and the Führer's bunker were surrounded by three security zones guarded by two Schutzstaffel (SS) units: the SS-Begleitkommando des Führers and the Reichssicherheitsdienst.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wolf's Lair” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.