The Führer Headquarters, abbreviated FHQ, were a number of official headquarters used by the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and various other German commanders and officials throughout Europe during World W
The Berghof, Hitler's home near Berchtesgaden, became part of the Obersalzberg military complex. Other than the Wolfsschanze in East Prussia, Hitler spent more time at the Berghof than anywhere else during World War II.
The location of the Führerbunker and Vorbunker in Berlin, 1945
Brunhilde near Angevillers in France seen in 2011
The Führerbunker 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
Führer Headquarters
…and various other German commanders and officials throughout Europe during World War II. The last one to be used, and the most widely known, was the Führerbunker in Berlin, where Hitler committed suicide on 30 April 1945. Other notable headquarters are the Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) in East Prussia, where Claus…
July 1947 photo of the rear entrance to the Führerbunker 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 on the left; the conical structure in the centre served for ventilation, and as a bomb shelter for the guards.
Ruins of the bunker after demolition in 1947
Site of Führerbunker and information board on Gertrud-Kolmar-Straße in October 2023
A side angle view of the site in July 2007