Trespassing Into History

On the edge of a large military training area in the federal state of Brandenburg, south of Berlin, are the remains of a support intelligence center of the Soviet armed forces in Germany.

The object consists of a small communications bunker with a floor area of approx. 200 square meters, a garage complex, a social building, a small generator shelter, a USB-type bunker that served as a food cold store and two switching boilers. There is also a sauna building in the style of a Russian log cabin. There is also a residential building with a dining room and cinema on the site. The comms bunker itself basically consists of just 5 large rooms and a few...(more)

Southeast of Berlin is probably one of the most interesting abandoned protective buildings of the Ministry for State Security: a bunker that at first glance looks like a shell. The object belonging to this protective structure is initially unspectacular.

Idyllically situated on a lake, you will find an unfinished vacation property from the GDR era. In addition to a boiler house with a garage extension, there are two larger, completed guest houses and another two in an unfinished state. Centrally located is a multi-purpose building with a kitchen, dining room and various other rooms.....(more)

The last location we visited in 2019 was the remains of a bunker from the Second World War. We had already visited it a little over two years earlier, but as we were in the area anyway and didn't have too much time before the New Year's Eve party, we made a quick stop here. In fact, we walked through the forest beforehand to take a quick look at the airfield's former nuclear weapons depot. This is used by the munitions clearance service and is therefore not open to the public. We were aware of this, but wanted to have a look at least once anyway.

So back to the World War II bunker....(more)