Top secret E German bunker open for short time (Huge underground facility; photos and video avail.)

Euronews / various others ^ | August 1, 2008

[Stoat]

Holidaymakers feeling nostalgic for the Cold War can now tour what was once a top secret bunker in the former East Germany.

Opened to the public for the first time on Friday, it was meant to house the ruling Communist elite in the event of a nuclear attack.

Something some visitors said they were relieved was no longer a concern:

“What goes through my mind is that it is quite nice to stand around here, look at the bunker and talk to each other peacefully,” one man said.

Close to the size of a football field, the bunker was designed to function as a command centre and also as shelter for up to four hundred people for two weeks.

“This is where the East German Defence Council and their chief Erich Honecker would have had to decontaminate themselves, if they came to the bunker after an atomic attack,” Hannes Hensel from the Bunker 5001 club said.

But this relic of the Communist regime will only be open to the public for the next two months.

To deter intruders searching for momentos, the bunker will be sealed permanently in October.

[potlatch]

There is so much under the earth in Europe, you never know what wonder will be discovered.

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“The Boys From Saudi Arabia” ?

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Sorry, I have no idea on that one.

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“The Boys From Brazil” is a Gregory Peck movie about NAZIS creating young Hitler clones

[dfwgator]

Hail Hail East Germany
Land of vine and grape
Land where you’ll regret
Any try to escape
No matter if you take a running jump,
or tunnel under the wall
Forget it, the guards will kill you—
if the electrified fence doesn’t first

[potlatch]

You’ve seen them all!

[devolve]

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I saw it this weekend

Peck was in his later years

Fantastic flick - well acted and directed and well ahead of “Dolly” in Scotland

[potlatch]

Gregory Peck was an attractive man. Don’t know about Dolly in Scotland.

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The cloned sheep -

Saw Peck in “Duel In The Sun” also

[potlatch]

Good grief, no wonder I get totally lost! But my mind’s in a dark mood tonight.

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Change your mind

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Not easy when you don’t know the ‘why’s’.

Thought you were going to eat?

[tanknetter]

Looks like a map from DOOM3.

You know, it would be pretty cool if, instead of sealing this permanently (whatever that means) the Germans turned the place into an indoor paintball or lasertag facility.

I wonder whether the Euros would go for that ... or if it would just appeal to US tourists.

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks so much...what a classic!

[SunkenCiv]

Ooops, and thanks Stoat!