Post by habiba123820 on Nov 9, 2024 4:59:16 GMT
A forest of more than a thousand hectares near the Prussian town of Rastenburg – today's Kętrzyn in Poland – was the place chosen to build Hitler's headquarters, the Wolf's Lair , Wolfsschanze in German. Hundreds of buildings, thousands of people and tons and tons of reinforced concrete, barbed wire and mines. And yes, before you ask if all that work “was of any use” – in the sense of whether it was occupied by Hitler – we will tell you that it was. The Führer lived a long time – below we tell you how long – in “his lair”.
Wolf's Lair Poland Wolf Carving Forest
A wooden carving of a wolf in the middle of the forest at the Wolfsschanze
His lair? Wasn’t it the wolf’s? You’ve wordpress web design agency probably already figured it out: the wolf was none other than Adolf Hitler himself. For a while he was nicknamed Herr Wolf , hence all those “wolves” of World War II – there are other “wolf” complexes in Belgium and Ukraine . This may be because of the origin of the name Adolf, “noble wolf” in German.
It was in the Wolf's Lair that the last and most famous of the assassination attempts on the Führer took place , the one that came closest to success. The one carried out on film by Tom Cruise in the movie Valkyrie . Do you want to know more about Hitler's headquarters in Poland ? Prepare to be amazed... because yes, you can visit it.
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If you want to learn more about the traces of World War II in Poland, check out our articles on the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp , the Majdanek concentration camp , the Nazi tunnels of the Der Riese project and the museums of Warsaw .
Where is and how to get to the Wolf's Lair in Poland
Where is the Wolf's Lair? What was once a top secret is now public knowledge. What's more, it's a tourist attraction - who would want to make things difficult for us, right? Hitler's headquarters in Poland is, as we said, in the municipality of Kętrzyn , the former Prussian Rastenburg. Specifically, at Gierłoż 5, in the middle of a forest about 9 km from the city centre.
Wolf's Lair Poland Concrete Blocks Ruins
Concrete blocks from one of the bunkers after the destruction by the Nazi army
If you are going by car , we recommend following the directions on Google Maps , which have it perfectly located. You can also get there by public transport from the centre of Kętrzyn with the bus that goes to Gierłoż or by taxi. By the way, the name in Polish, so that you can follow the road signs or know which bus stop to get off at, is Wilczy Szaniec .
A little history of Hitler's headquarters in Poland
Back in the summer of 1940 , Hitler decided that the time had come to attack Russia. That meant taking the war eastwards and also moving his headquarters. Before Operation Barbarossa – the code name for the Russian invasion – could begin, a place had to be found to conduct it.
Wolf's Lair Poland Forest
The forest on the outskirts of the former Rastenburg, today Kętrzyn
The forest near the town of Rastenburg was the perfect location: connected to Berlin by a railway line and a road alongside, protected by lakes and swamps, and with several airports nearby.
Construction began in the autumn of 1940 under the cover of the construction of a chemical factory for the army, Chemische Werke Askania . This prevented the townspeople from continuing to use the forest for walking and rowing on the lakes. The initial idea was that the Russian campaign would end in a few months and that by the end of 1941 the complex would be dismantled and moved to another location.
Wolf's Lair Poland Wolf Carving Forest
A wooden carving of a wolf in the middle of the forest at the Wolfsschanze
His lair? Wasn’t it the wolf’s? You’ve wordpress web design agency probably already figured it out: the wolf was none other than Adolf Hitler himself. For a while he was nicknamed Herr Wolf , hence all those “wolves” of World War II – there are other “wolf” complexes in Belgium and Ukraine . This may be because of the origin of the name Adolf, “noble wolf” in German.
It was in the Wolf's Lair that the last and most famous of the assassination attempts on the Führer took place , the one that came closest to success. The one carried out on film by Tom Cruise in the movie Valkyrie . Do you want to know more about Hitler's headquarters in Poland ? Prepare to be amazed... because yes, you can visit it.
Saltaconmyadvice
If you want to learn more about the traces of World War II in Poland, check out our articles on the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp , the Majdanek concentration camp , the Nazi tunnels of the Der Riese project and the museums of Warsaw .
Where is and how to get to the Wolf's Lair in Poland
Where is the Wolf's Lair? What was once a top secret is now public knowledge. What's more, it's a tourist attraction - who would want to make things difficult for us, right? Hitler's headquarters in Poland is, as we said, in the municipality of Kętrzyn , the former Prussian Rastenburg. Specifically, at Gierłoż 5, in the middle of a forest about 9 km from the city centre.
Wolf's Lair Poland Concrete Blocks Ruins
Concrete blocks from one of the bunkers after the destruction by the Nazi army
If you are going by car , we recommend following the directions on Google Maps , which have it perfectly located. You can also get there by public transport from the centre of Kętrzyn with the bus that goes to Gierłoż or by taxi. By the way, the name in Polish, so that you can follow the road signs or know which bus stop to get off at, is Wilczy Szaniec .
A little history of Hitler's headquarters in Poland
Back in the summer of 1940 , Hitler decided that the time had come to attack Russia. That meant taking the war eastwards and also moving his headquarters. Before Operation Barbarossa – the code name for the Russian invasion – could begin, a place had to be found to conduct it.
Wolf's Lair Poland Forest
The forest on the outskirts of the former Rastenburg, today Kętrzyn
The forest near the town of Rastenburg was the perfect location: connected to Berlin by a railway line and a road alongside, protected by lakes and swamps, and with several airports nearby.
Construction began in the autumn of 1940 under the cover of the construction of a chemical factory for the army, Chemische Werke Askania . This prevented the townspeople from continuing to use the forest for walking and rowing on the lakes. The initial idea was that the Russian campaign would end in a few months and that by the end of 1941 the complex would be dismantled and moved to another location.
