[Stoat]

Video available at the Euronews site

euronews Top secret E German bunker open for short time

and a different video is available from the BBC

BBC NEWS World Europe Honecker's nuclear bunker opens

 

Bunker of former East German leaders open to public Lifestyle Living Reuters

 

An engine room inside the so-called 'Honecker Bunker' is pictured in Prenden some 50 kilometres north of the German capital Berlin, August 1, 2008.

 

Journalists enter the so-called 'Honecker Bunker' is pictured in Prenden some 50 kilometers north of the German capital Berlin, August 1, 2008.

 

A typing room inside the so-called 'Honecker Bunker' is pictured in Prenden some 50 kilometers north of the German capital Berlin, August 1, 2008.

 

A sleeping room inside the so-called 'Honecker Bunker' is pictured in Prenden some 50 kilometers north of the German capital Berlin, August 1, 2008.

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SIXTEEN more photos in a slideshow are available here....I didn't post them because they appear to be AP photos which I understand are banned at Free Republic

Former top-secret East German bunker opens to the public - Yahoo! News Photos

 

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This has turned out to be "Lost bunker" week!  Readers of this thread may also be interested in this FR post from earlier today:

Sea unearths secret Nazi bunkers that lay hidden for more than 50 years

As well as this article about a bunker found in Great Britain used to protect workmen

‘Lost’ WWII Cammell Laird bunkers found by workmen - Liverpool Echo.co.uk

WORKMEN today told how they accidentally unearthed one of the UK’s biggest World War II bunkers.

 

 

and also this thread from 2006, which is made particularly special by at least a couple of FReeprs who went to this site after reading about it and then reported on what they saw in the thread!

Nazis' secret base found (Omaha Beach battery contains 40 buildings untouched since D-Day)

[Stoat]

MORE ‘lost’ bunkers found! :-)

[The KG9 Kid]

Looks like a map from DOOM3.

[frithguild]

Communist bunkers are clearly inferior to OUR bunkers:

From the Greenbrier website:

Construction began in 1958 on the 112,544-square-foot bunker, which was built 720 feet into the hillside under The Greenbrier's West Virginia Wing.

Once complete in 1961, the facility was maintained in a constant state of readiness by a small group of government employees working undercover as Forsythe Associates, a company hired by the resort for audio/visual support services.

January - March 2008 Tours offered daily at 1:30 p.m. April - October 2008 Tours offered daily at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. November - December 2008 Tours offered daily at 1:30p.m. Tours will be adjusted during holiday periods. Please call the Bunker Office, 304-536-7810, for holiday and winter schedules. Rates & Reservations $30 per adult $15 per child (ages 10-18) For reservations, call the Reservations Department 800-624-6070 or the Bunker Office 304-536-7810, or email the_greenbrier@greenbrier.com. Credit card number will be recorded at the time of the reservation.

[dfwgator]

Top secret E German bunker open for short time

Will Nick Rivers be there?

[indcons]

Thanks for the ping, Stoat.

All - my apologies for not reactivating the ping list after relocating to TN. Have been around on FR - just not working on the ping list. Sorry - and I promise to be more regular henceforth.

On a related note - the ping list is popular enough that we could use a ping list co-manager. Any volunteers? Please send me a FReepmail. Thanks so much in advance.

[potlatch]

Interesting stuff!

[SunkenCiv]

Ooops, and thanks Stoat!