that is all for now. let's stay with us up. next we'll take a peek under ground to search for secrets in the cold water bunkers of the former east germany. that's on the dock film after the break. i'm the conflict. thank you so much for your company. the power to kicks in the south china sea shapes are here. what this is supposed to mean. the front of the house of global counseling, after decades of chinese extension is in the nation, is resisting which is the course of a powerful ally in china. on september 20th the secret buildings hidden in the forest of east germany. this bunker was actually

discovered to have i chose to exec for really the fear of nuclear catastrophe. so i press the launch button for the nuclear messiah, i'm are all dead. put these bunkers have offered real protection in a disaster. the question is, what kind of world would you step out into the, the ged, yours secret, underground world of nuclear bunkers and shelter from stores and brandon board. at 1st glance everything looks pretty and remarkable. but behind these wall slice a ghost town, one store was once the headquarters of the soviet armed forces and the city are the

forbidden town was a restricted area for 50 years. even today, parts of the town are still cordoned off. there's a risk that the old and munition that's still lying around might explode. so if you're around a mouse or has access to offers guided tours here in the ged r ero, she worked for state television after germany's reunification. she discovered in buildings here, the district they've been there for almost 80 years of just like the us who was in the building such as this concrete colossus, the zepplin bunker is part of a huge bumper complex, located in the middle of the forest. it's also part of the forbidden city, a descent into the secret underground world of associates. so it's free for you on the account and see what's on the site. so now we have to put on our jackets because it's cold in the bunker, 9 degrees, summer, and winter. so it's now we have a 2 and a half tons still don't. i to the

during the cold war, the headquarters of the high command of the soviet armed forces in germany was housed here. parts of the building were used by the soviet army as an intelligent center the, the complex states back to the non sierra. at the end of the 1950s, the soviets began converting the bunker. they designed it to withstand a nuclear attack, the almost 15000 square meters inside. it was one of the largest intelligence bunkers in the world, the orders for soviets older station than the g. d r

originated from here. all messages to mall scout were sent via of this facility. the nazis had also used the building as an intelligence bunker. during the 2nd world war, they coordinated all rates from here. this phone book ups us as the course of this plan with him to the 1st major south dining office in germany of 2 they had access to 10000 lines a day for the thomas discusses. the bunker consists of several floors, each up to one and a half football fields in size after the 2nd world war. the soviets initially tried to blow up the bunker as a hole in the ceiling, a test. but the attempt failed. the ceiling consists of 30 centimeters, take concrete form workers, 3 meters of reinforced concrete, 2 and a half meters of gravel and an 80 centimeters thick layer of concrete rubble. above

this lie another 2 meters of gravel and 8 to 10 meters of forest floor to somebody and see what was on cold. that's what we have here at the heads. now, by the standards of the time it was done proved, but it also acts as a faraday cage. if you have noticed that something you can't do here, namely make phone calls. in addition to the zip wind bunker, the national socialists also left behind other buildings here covering an area of some 59 hector's. among the buildings or the remains of what looks like country houses. in reality, their camouflage staff founders from the not sierra. the settlements cover name my boss at the time when store if was the headquarters of the nazi military's high command and the very most the movements of some 17000000 german soldiers were controlled from here. orders to all german front were sent from these bunkers.

the, this is of my host on device. this is, has a 3 or 4, an armies east 20. this is where the broad outline of operation bob larosa, if it's time to invade the soviet union, it was locked down on months at the end of 1941. the very most was outside moscow. but the operation felt by the spring of 1945, a depleted germany could no longer oppose the allies. soviet armed forces advance from the east. the red army reached one store for a short time later, germany was defeated. the bunkers fell into the hands of the red army. the allies agreed to blow up not seem military infrastructure

they decided in december 45 is important and all the facilities should be destroyed in order for gemini, so that will could never again break out from german soils getting con fault. today, strict security precautions must be taken in order to enter the ruins of all. that is very friend job as you can see, and it's only a question of time and a help it wouldn't help. and then if the cable goes or another, or within the walls here would slide way to do monthly. that's why it's best to stay out of here as much as possible. the soviet attempts to raise the bunkers failed. soon it became clear that destroying the entire facility would be impossible of the, the 6 and then the success tools up here, or what 80 sent to me to stick at the time. the absolute biggest though the out to

was one point to me to speak, of course, after the war explosives were not available in the quantities that would have been needed. you have to understand that the war was over and they use the left over explosive. they had, they also used leftovers for munition factories in order to have what was needed to raise these houses and find sort of 1945 year lee and ruins. after the war, germany was divided into 4 occupations of the founding of the g. d r. a 1949 march, the beginning of an experiment for the people in the east, the construction of a socialist society. nevertheless, i would also say yes, it was a dictatorship even because they were no possibilities politically to express one's self differently was on from what the ruling party wanted or allowed lawyer does.

so good us in the, after it was founded to judy or was ruled by a single party, the socialist community party of germany, or c. d. soviet military units were stationed throughout the soviet union, satellite state, including invalid installed in 1953. the soviets set up their german headquarters here as in for the military terms, that 5 armies score the man per fluctuates after and 1990, the remainder of a $350000.00 armed man who was highly equipped with modern equipment to flocks. if that was the most powerful unit of the soviet army, every ball, hope the soviet army yield awesome storm during western spot you for ged or citizens, it was a forbidden town. to see them though,

we may also board nice ends of the wells present didn't simply means you couldn't get it on the mobile. anyone who scrolled around the wall like site was basically seen a suspicious disease for dish dish. up to 70000 military personnel were stationed here. it was the largest garrison outside the soviet union, the soviet army, barracks and arsenals for being built everywhere in the g. d. r, at over 1100 locations, the, the troops were on constant alert in an emergency they were to attack the western lights. nito, the, the soviet army also built its own shelters, and the g. d. r. this type of underground structure was also built invalid stuff. they were very different from the massive bunkers the very much to meet in the

process. how about equally joking? we call it the ikea bunker because it's made of lightweight components. you can see it so connected together like ikea, things that it can be assembled and disassembled all 4 feet off falling in 1994, the soviets withdrew from one source and the military town became accessible. the next bunker, however, is still top secret and not open to the public. stefan dude now knows where to find it. the author has exclusive access to this area, one of the places where the soviets left their mark. during the cold war, the site was closed to ged our citizens. for the 1st time, the film crew is allowed to shoot here for hills rising up in an inc and to us patch of forest putting there is looking for traces of nuclear weapons the. the lamp, the lamp,

the, he discovers the 1st clue you assume there is a mock is on the calendar associates for of the opinion, and they have to protect the nuclear warheads from mice, road and some of them. and so that's why that has to be a mock somewhere and every storage room in every bunk or the mouse trap was located inside of the mouse or raft could be called, or if it's not nibble on the nuclear, we'll have to clean a mouse traps. sounds completely, knowledge was properly relevant. you should actually be able to find the mouse trap market. and if we storage on the cost of the mazda file, if it were soviet nuclear weapons stored on the territory of the former g, d r. in 1961,

the state closed its borders with the wall separating east and west. the german german border increasingly became the front line. in the conflict between nato and the eastern block alliance to warsaw pact, the fear of nuclear war spread. in 1949, the soviet union designated its 1st atomic fund, 4 years after the 1st atomic bomb tests by the united states. the super powers continued to arm themselves on the dominant and tickets as the and so the madness of the nuclear arms race develop. either both sides continue to expand the nuclear arsenals and was soon able to threaten each other with mutual annihilation. including for example, the federal republic and the g t o l. by because these 2 states where the interface of this conflict and a new key which has been full directly back into the federal republic,

including the territory of today's federal republic. the what is become a new k of battlefield at some cash, lots had gone tens of thousands of nuclear warheads faced off against each other in the cold war. were nuclear weapons also stored in this facility near continues to search for clues. in addition to this one, there's 3 other bunkers on the site. in 1979, a soviet desert or told western secret services about a previously unknown nuclear weapons sites in torak out. based on this putting our concludes that there must have been other nuclear weapons on eastern soil. as an item, the bunk is an old german munition storage facilities when nuclear weapons could be stored. that created quite a sensational, and here is the

for nato. however, it was a shock. they hadn't expected nuclear weapons to be so close to the inner german border. ddr citizens had no idea either the photo and boost as music population didn't know exactly how many nuclear weapons were located here, let alone what they were capable of. the respective recognizance surfaces of the armies didn't knew, but not the full extent, which was also a potential cause of danger ins as to the fear of nuclear war was on the present. a nuclear attack from the east would have devastating consequences. so these are tied guides off the top team to that time. the junction is most of retaliation still applied to the i'm so any attack by the soviet union would have been met at the message net, to your retaliatory strike by the usa mutually several times. this was quotes because each of the mutually assured destruction is this. chris is abbreviated to

man. that's exactly what it was. also inclusive. in the next bunker, putting there finds another slip in sick us layers of paint on the floor. that says we'll get some good. so that means it seems to have that on deal with sometimes, you know, to initialize it is this guy missed has expired when the associates laughed. well, the russians laughed and you know, they wanted to keep the secret for themselves. so they painted over always the lines, everything there is and what and now we have a red flow here with white lines on it. and they still, they could simply cover up these lines with green paint. of course that didn't work . i mean, i think it's up to 30 years, you can just scratch it off as a shot. somebody that won't cost you said martin, it's so much fun. i just have to have a look the, the, the white lines seem to indicate where soldiers should push the nuclear warheads in the event for the russians were probably trying to cover their tracks with paint

the shy stuff. it also is what i'm putting an end to that to the bottom. the i'm was that nobody would find out like how this works. but i've got it now. you can still see it and i can still get to the bottom of it. just go ahead and now the secret has been revealed quite easily using a wire brush. historians suspect that the short range missiles, luna em, and taught kinda were stored here in soviet times. the warheads were kept him containers. in the course of his research book, nurse says he discovered suspicious markets by accident is devonne . i'm just the i'm fossil, i have the flashlights and it was on and then it just fell down my thoughts and in the shipper field. these groups might by the wheels at the bowl head containers to

go. so that was pretty much a pure coincidence. i don't despise a man of really going by. not so far. you this soviet containers stood here with nuclear warheads like these. this assessment is on the way, it's actually a kind of a puzzle fund full identical monks that indicate there was a transport called standing that to the wall head container one metaphysical party, another fund how many containers could there? vince 12344. who wants to determine the number based on the groups was 56678. the research to accounts 16 nuclear warhead containers and the storage bunker. there are a total of 4 such about crews on the site. information that the soviets apparently

wanted to destroy. but the traces for me, good. near discoveries masonry work. between the bunkers, the platforms could have served as loading ramps for the warheads. does the feed on gauge lots in union and can we see black and yellow lines and the launch format? these are the yellow and black warning markets for the truck driver need to make sure they don't drive the wrong way. i think most everything beautifully obama q. i think they are the biggest yellow and black lines i've ever seen. that's what's best simply month stresses and i from once twice in the event of war, the soldiers would have had to rule the war, had containers quickly to the loading rooms. these are still a, it's a, these are conceptual. does of this here is the actual run square the go ahead. so then rode on the, come out of the bunker to move the host points around here. she,

they've been pushing one to one and a half tons along the top and along with them backwards onto the truck as well. and that's basically and it could well be done in a minute. however, i'm pushing ones 2 tones up. this slope here, perhaps not quite level ground, you actually need 4 to 6, which is 1000 officers and a bit of momentum. and someone who gives the right come on, stick out of the in time here, and i will talk about in today. the russian army is still sauce highly nuclear weapons. they use the same technology just like back then. these weapons are aimed at the west and they're ready for use at any time. during the cold war. it wasn't just the general populace who feared nuclear war. the political leadership of the ged are due to the bees in top, some 50 kilometers from berlin. a construction company opens the entrance to an underground world, exclusively for our film, kurt,

the, an important judy. our bunker is hidden here. the hunts you're going to have good news it inside out. the bunker expert has studied the building extensively, double view and try to defend the same. yeah. here in the contract, in my life where we all the time, we can see it here, the back as if we walking slowly towards it is to form a command post. if the ministry is state security this minute, this is where america would have sat in the event of was antique silent, music. it gives us move. there is musica head of the east german ministry for state security, or shed isaac for short stars. he was the secret service and secret police of the g d r. it spied on and persecuted, citizens,

a consider to be disloyal. its methods included surveillance, intimidation and imprisonment styles. these thoughts self as the shield and sort of the party the this bunker was intended to protect the styles, the chief from threats such as from a text by nuclear weapons. the ceiling is made of reinforced concrete. a floating shatter layer lies above the protective core ceiling. it was designed to withstand even concrete breaking bonds, leading with up to 250 kilograms of explosives. in addition to meal, got 160 styles, the employees would have had refuge here. the bunker, cruise sleeping quarters, cramped, small spartan and cheese minor tales to back into the computer of cos. you can also see that the pets was suspended so they can swing in. and this of the purpose

of my phone went that some nations took place outside the generating pressure wives, the bunk of holes flexed. that would keep everything from folding of this was cushioned by suspension up to 4. so you would sleep in this way. ok that's that's i think if there had been a destination outside, nobody would have been asleep and call them they then up to and give them the account on microsoft. the, the bunker was built between 1984 in 1988. it was outfitted with automatic fire alarm and extinguishing systems. the building cost 120000000 east german marks the or i don't give a feeling, so we are now here in the heart of the bunker. hill

as of as it hits mount. yes. so if you want to feel like a minister for state security in the g d, all of them, you can take a seat in that chair. and the keyboard is in spite and also order. if a lot of times on this wall hung strategic maps to track and then the movements and the event to for me, ok in the center to the left and right. his closest advisors in the event of war, the shot the leadership would have continued to operate from this well protected command center, hunting down opponents of the system and the enemy spies getting savage talent, and shy this was really about making decisions on how an entire institutional complex can be managed to more time and that requires decision makers items,

and of course they have to be protected. so i said dad is going to do the walk. the armoire 2 more for me again. here we have to bring women would have lived in the event to pull in the bunk pops lift should be put in quotation marks, but it was definitely the largest accommodation unit here in the bunker comp. i know it's the, i'm going go law jones and done, i, municipal administer of state security, sits in the bunker in the event of war. it does serve a purpose to own so the state can function and that's really also taken to the extreme. this isolation also offers a chance of survival even strong to protect himself from bombing rates from all kinds of things. and of course, he was also fed there that was a privilege goddess as the privilege of them for a symbol secretary on an empty room probably for his secretary. and this was probably his private print with a tiled shower and toilet. we have it in here. it's still in perfect order, so i'll try this. and also, as i said, i told the,

and the boss from was specially equipped to the administer felt at least somewhat comfortable. yeah, i'm going to start here. i'll finish. i need a mazda vehicle. was already interested in phone stage and the multi was good while that's trying to make it comfortable and to mine side nothing more time for those moments it was discussed in the event of a nuclear war. state leaders would be protected. there was no comparable protection for the population, but won't put in a tech with nuclear weapons have looked like the there are 2 types of nuclear weapons, which so called strategic nuclear weapons. the superpowers could have fired at each other from a distance and with great explosive force. tactical nuclear weapons, on the other hand, would have been used on the battlefield and would have caused less destruction.

then on dropping strategic nuclear poems or mass of tactical new poems would have led to the radioactive contamination of entire regions and couldn't possibly have contaminated the global that in which case they would no longer be any normal life left out today. and in the event of a nuclear attack, the bunker crew and b, as in tom, should have been able to survive under ground for nearly 2 weeks. the dick one ca duncan does, the basic idea was sent off to these 2 weeks. the radioactivity would have decreased to such an extent that it would have been possible lead shelter at least temporarily. of course, the question is, what kind of world would you step out into just

as the chief would have had a good chance of survival in his bunker for what about his family and his comrades the of a settlement in the middle of the forest, half an hour from berlin. the political lead to the g, d r, lifting funds with, with their families isolated and privileged, the launch it to so i'm sure to just, you could almost see the bundle. it was a closed the government get to the us and the other had always these rumors as well . it was the same that you yard and people imagined the most amazing palaces here, loading the bus, golden faucets and so on. it wasn't quite like that, but compared to the normal standard of living of the 2 d, our population that it was much better best. there were stores with a very good range of food names because the infrastructure was good,

prove other buildings were solidly built to the ball. there were peaceful, park swimming pools and so on it. and want to get was a very comfortable lifestyle. the come for top and i didn't steer secret access to rooms without much comfort. the politicians families were supposed to seek refuge in these bunkers, in case of emergency. but unlike the meal could bugger, these, offered little protection from bomb attacks the give on defendants $5.00 to $12.00, i'll say with $0.12 me. just pick a. now anyone who's ever built a shed home can imagine 12 centimeters. it's basically one branch in the documents of the ministry for state security. this bunker is disguised as a fruit and vegetable seller bought explanation, and that's all it was, of course, as you can imagine,

even in the 2nd world, hong kong. so people who are in the centers were also a bit on the ground when a real bomb hit that was usually in the bunker was built in the strictest secrecy and devoured huge sums of money. the dividing, i mean, every sac of cement went into a minute tree object and the g d on whether it was a bunker, well barracks and so on. was missing and housing and industrial construction, the bottom line, he's on the phone book. so enough to end on, on the, according to the documents of a found this bunker alone costs around 3000000 in 1970 and the g d. all that was a lot of money is a huge amount of money for rent it to be little protection on to collect to really and such. so if a fire breaks out into bunker like this one,

heavy smoke develops that can't escape you have an emergency exit fact here. in the event of fire, the occupants have to escape using this latter to choose. yeah. so you can see how high up and the guy says the people to gets out so close, come along with a portion you have to imagine what the people in there are going through and isn't that they can see the daylight last one. you only have to time when you will respond to the cramped condition is the fusion's, the noise? now it's a tremendous psychological strain and we go to the last on the gd, our head, several categories of shelters, from nuclear proof bunkers to shelters, and simple sellers. the students and basically in the we're shifting fine in the big cities, for example,

especially in but in many prefabricated, g d, all buildings have reinforced basements that were built as a right shelters. so something was done for civil protection. for 12 good, we'll just have done those guys, which would have been enough in the event of law, some of which can't. they didn't have to test this. according to judy or documents, they were only enough shelters for a small part of the population. these would have also been effective in the event of a nuclear attack. for the styles, the, on the other hand, there was enough money for technically sophisticated protection for your lots, this younger blowout protested against the dictatorship in her youth. today she wants to educate people about the history of the g, d r. she takes us to a garden colony during the ged our era. this place was

a subject of secrecy. such a high time ministry for state security increase has an additional security zone here with a radius of one columbus the and this soon was monitors by the stalls, the of 90 percent of the time people that you knew about every resident. and this area would have been evacuated in an emergency. you told me and a pretty houses were mainly for camouflage muncie tied to see today that some of these decorative elements have been preserved. there's wagon wheels that are on the facade. well that the or is decoration. it was decorated with flour boxes, the cousins hanging from the windows and all looked very cute and peaceful place on his own. the site was built between 1968 in 1972 in the loop should so tie, so recreation area disguised as

a vacation resort of the state owned waterworks. the site was meant to look inconspicuous the pets, as long as those were deliberately built, very close to one of the outer fences so that they could be seen from the other side easily. and the goal was to make it look like this was a company owned vacation results. obviously i can have had a knock on somewhere else have been preserved along with a kennel and a dog run in front of warehouse. does this jesus does. the deal table runs along the window at the front of the hole. it's been setup exactly the same way on the other side. and so 2 dogs, one monitoring the window diarrhea and give us i'm pens, supervisor of 2 of them. but what was being guarded here

just as a non de jesus stalls, the cool this whole, the legend whole, the whole kinda flows the bunk because from the outside it was supposed to look like an ordinary industrial and storage tool and it did. but in reality, the funk entrances with low chases. here the staircases are closed with the sources . that is with panels, but they can also be opened, which is what i'm doing now is just the, the warehouse hides this dicey bunker, measuring almost 4000 square meters. after reunification the bunker was discovered this comm done so i lock, then there was an inspection with the public prosecutor's office. yeah, so it was just by tom's let, this bunker was, discovers here at the time, no one could have imagined that the stalls he would still have bunkers like this and work and go to the ged or consisted of

15 districts each had its own just as a unit with over $4000.00 employees, the secret service network spent the entire country. the study was on the present stuff and liza spencer's team with us, of guns. there was a huge system of farmers in the it was also set up so that the normal population lived in that kind of diffuse year. this is my colleague work, someone who works for state security jobs is what i tell them here during the snack rate. the worst in dire or somebody passed on to someone for state security and will i get into trouble afterwards to get into a property. in the event of war, 120 shows the employees from the live sick district and 2 officers from the soviet secret service. the key to be worked down here in the us. behind this role, the must have to weighing 600 kilos of the envelopes in front of the bunker. and we go through the an oxide. certainly some the facility

was supposed to be nuclear c for the crew for 60 so now we're going inside the bunk. if the bunker is fully occupied due to an emergency sufficient oxygen must be available. yeah, that's the diesel. every generation devices, they come from russian submarine technology. the bunker had been occupied by 100000 employees. the oxygen would have renounced at some point. and in order to be able to use the function itself sufficiently for at least 6 days, these regeneration devices were also installed here deep well secure at the water supply. if the power fails temporarily, batteries, takeover. however, if it fails for several hours, the ventilation system stops working. but provision has been made for this of

equity to the sun had been someone would have had to step in literally on this replacement time would have been activated the stalls. he actually went so far in the funding that even the working hours with fixed who was to peddle and for how long and when they would take a break. it was decided that a paramedic could also be stationed in this ventilation area. so that even the fitness of for bicyclist could be controlled in moments of precisely when he had to move about that in the event of a nuclear attack, the bunker would it be sealed off as protection against radioactive radiation. but how long would the outside world remain contaminated? the just kind of splitting that one tiger question about it could take hours, days, weeks, or even months. again, depending on the size of the weapon using contact home and they radiate everything,

they come into contact with single boy match the objects, the buildings, i thought also food and water. and this radiation has a very destructive effect on people via fish dollars a to prevent radiation from the contaminated environment from entering the bunker waste and waste water would have to be stored here the one of the scan. this hospitalization would also have men saving drinking more time. then they wouldn't have been allowed to use these normal toiletries. and that's where you can still see these emergency toilets in some places instead of these are the most toilet. and just in the, when the buckets were full, the contents would be emptied into plastic bags. the bags would be sealed. the sleeping facilities were also not very comfortable. the staff would have to sleep stacked up and camp beds and was calling for top uh, there was

a little more comfortable in the area for the higher ups when the area for the like $6.00, the chief, the head of the district administration. lieutenant general. how much he was supposed to move into courses back here. this would have been his office, his advisor and his secretary were also say to, to be here. and he was supposed to be able to continue his management activities down here. even in the event of whole process because the district study had, would have also had more privileged living quarters in an emergency he's up by this area as well. so the only one way you can still see an antenna socket. he would have been the only one who could have watch television have has in child from the stalls. the system should continue to function in the event to for this included spying on the population. the full extent of serve ellen's by the secret

police only became clear after the fall of the wall to go behind start every one suddenly sends and suspected wants us to fail and stay. so it was. but the real dimensions were not really clear to anyone in touch with me mind who in the event of war, the styles, the bunker and my friend, was to be used to continue the surveillance and di, solution of enemies of the state does highest as exploration and spending on contain an emergency in the event of a conflict, the state security service, it would make use of lists. here they would record the names of people who they said were critical of the state people. they considered a trend for ones individual. the aim was to coordinate the deportation of these people in order to be able to arrest all opponents of the regime. sports holes and stadiums would also be made available for detention down the internment. and our installation comes with even has been set up in order to be

able to send a large group of people to come in search and not the 2 friends. since the fall of the berlin wall and the collapse of the soviet union, the g d. r is history into the bunker as have also lost their original purpose. but they still bear witness to the madness of the arms race and to the fear of a nuclear apocalypse. to this day, the building serve as memorials to the terrors of nuclear war, the the, the,

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