Berlin museum reveals scale model of the underground bunker where Hitler spent his final days
His Second World War hideout has gone on display in a former air-raid shelter just a short distance from the real bunker, which has been demolished
A BERLIN museum has revealed a model of the underground bunker where Hitler spent his last days as well as a recreation of the office where he committed suicide.
His Second World War hideout has gone on display in a former air-raid shelter just a short distance from the real bunker, which has been demolished.
The model is only open to viewers who go on the museum’s guided tour, including looking around the shelter which was only supposed to house 3,500 people but housed 12,000 by the end of the war.
The museum has also recreated Hitler’s office, the room where he shot himself in 1945.
The room has a picture of Hitler’s hero, Frederick the Great of Prussia, on the wall and also shows the sofa where Adolf Hitler was found dead with his mistress Eva Braun.
Some feel that the exhibition is in bad taste, criticising the museum for what they suggest is “showmanship”.
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But Curator Wieland Giebel insists the Story Bunker is not the “Hitler Show”.
Hitler moved into the underground cave in January 1945 with a lot of his companions moving with him including his mistress Eva.
It became his base as his military regime began to fail and was also the place where he and Eva eventually tied the knot in April 1945.
The pair committed suicide in his study and were found together on the sofa, a replica of which is included in the display.
A few weeks after Berlin surrendered on May 8, 1945 a photographer gained access to the bunker and took a series of photographs.
The haunting images showed broken furniture lying around and the burnt, blood stained sofa where Hitler died.