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Wolf's Lair

one 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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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.