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discovered to have i chose for them really. so the fear of nuclear catastrophe. so i press the launch button for the nuclear missile and we're 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 shelters and 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 g. d. r. the forbidden town was a restricted area for 50 years. even today,

parts of the toner still cordoned off. there's a risk that the old ammunition that's still lying around might explode. so if you're around a master has access to offers guided tours. here in the ged r ero, she worked for state television. after germany's reunification, she discovered 10 buildings here, the leak. they've been there for almost 18 years of just like b as he was in the building such as this concrete colossus. the zeppelin 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 its mission while you in the account and see and was informed that as of right now we have to put on the jacket because it's cold in the bunker. 9 degrees, summer and winter. so now we have a 2 and a half tons still don't. i tool 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 to 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 soviet soldiers stationed in the g d. r. originated from here. all messages to most out were sent by 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 go, drops us asked to close. was this done with him to the stress may just south dining office in germany of 2 they had access to 10000 lines a day for the thomas district. upsets the bunker consists of several floors, each up to one and a half football fields in size. after the 2nd world war, the soviet initially tried to blow up the bunker as a hole in the ceiling of tests. but the attempt failed. the ceiling consists of 30 centimeters, 6 concrete form workers, 3 meters of reinforced concrete, 2 and a half meters of gravel and an 80 centimeter 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. the heads now and see show by the standards of the time it was done, prove the but it also acts as a faraday cage. you would 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, fair camouflaged staff bunker from the not sierra. the settlements cover name my boss at the time when store f 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 fronts were sent from these bunkers.

the this is of my host of device. this is house a 3 all of our an armies east 20. this is where the broad outline of operation bob a rough time to invade the soviet union. it was walk down on my at the end of 1941, the very most was outside most scouts. but the operation failed. 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 see military infrastructure.

oh do you um they just signed it in december 45 is that important? non c facilities should be destroyed on the gemini, so that will could never again break out from german soils getting con, sold. today, strict security precautions must be taken in order to enter the ruins of all that is very fragile, as you can see. and it's only a question of time and how that wouldn't help. and then if the cable goes or another or within the walls here would slide away $290.00, 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 d 6. and then the success tools up here or what 80 sent to me to stake at the time. the absolute biggest though the out to was $1.00 inches thick. of course, after the war,

expenses 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 explosives. they had, they also use leftovers for munition factories in order to have what was needed to raise these houses. i'm fine sort of 1945 europe 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 there were no possibilities. politically, it's kind of to express one's self differently was on from what the ruling party wanted, or a layered lawyer just to be less than that. the after it was found it

the ged, or was ruled by a single party, the socialist community party of germany or a c d. soviet military units were stationed throughout the soviet union satellite state. including invalid stuart and 1953, the soviet set up their german headquarters here and for the military terms, that's 5 army schools and manpower fluctuates at the after 1990 the remainder 535-0000 armed man who was highly equipped all scores with modern equipment flocks, if that was the most powerful unit of the soviet army ever. well, the soviet armies yield awesome. starting nearing western spot you for ged or citizens. it was a forbidden town to see the bill. we may also board nice ends of the

wells for pigeon simply means you couldn't get it on the model. anyone who scrolled around the wallet site was basically seen a suspicious disease for dish dish up to 70000 military personnel were stationed here. it was the largest care sitting outside the soviet union, 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. lita, the, the soviet army also built its own shelters and the g d. r. this type of underground structure was also built in phone stops. they were very different from the massive bunkers, the very much made in the handle process highway. we jokingly call it b,

ikea. bunker because it's made of lightweight components, you can see it, so connect it together when i keeps things that it can be assembled and disassembled off would be the problem. to 1994, the soviets withdrew from one source in the military tone, became accessible. the next bunker, however, is still top secret and not open to the public. step on foot 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 gigi, our citizens. for the 1st time, the film crew is allowed to shoot here for hills rising up in an inc. and us patches for us putting there is looking for traces of nuclear weapons the, the lamp, the lamp,

the, he discovers the 1st clue you assume yours, america is on the line isn't listening to the category song fee is for of the opinion and they have to protect the nuclear whites from mice, rodents, and boom. and so that's why that has to be a mock somewhere. and every storage room in every punk of the mouse trap was located inside of the mouse hole that could be called if it's not nibble on the nuclear. we'll have a mouse trap. sounds completely pa, knowledge which property rentals you should actually be able to find a mouse truck market. and if we storage on cost of the mazda front of it, we're 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 damage and thinking of disease. and so the madness of the nuclear arms race defended by the both sides, continue to expand the nuclear arsenals and then 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 the nuclear, what has been full directory that limits the federal republic, including the territory of today's federal republic. the what is become

a new tab that will feel to, to catch that tech. tens of thousands of nuclear warheads faced off against each other in the cold war. we're 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 are told western secret services about a previously on no nuclear weapons site in to work out. based on this putting our concludes that there must have been other nuclear weapons on eastern soil, as in ice, the bunk is an old german. i munition storage facilities when nuclear weapons could be stored. that created quite a sensational areas. 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 boosters, music population didn't know exactly how many nuclear weapons were located here, let alone what they were capable of. the respective recognizance services of the armies didn't knew, but not the full extent to 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 with a message next to your retaliatory strike by the usa mutually several times. this was called because this, you have to mutually assured destruction. is this chris is abbreviated to man, and that's exactly what it was also inclusive. in the next bunker put their finds

another slip and stick you as layers of paint on the floor. let's look at some good . so that means it seems to have that idea what sometimes you know to initialize it either this guy, mr. has expired, associates laughed all 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 . and i, but because of the 30 years you can just scratch it off as a shot. so many of the film cuts in or you just want to get so much fun. just have to have a look of the white lines seem to indicate where soldiers should push the nuclear warheads in the event before 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 part of the line was that nobody would find out like i just thought so that i've got it. now. you can still see it and i can still get to the bottom of it. just go ahead and just 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 discovery, such a tough devonne impossible had 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 of the bowl head containers to go. so that was pretty much a pure coincidence. i despise them and everything goes by,

not so far. yours. soviet containers stood here with nuclear warheads like these. this is sufficient from the way it's actually a kind of a puzzle. find full identical monks that indicate there was a transport called standing that for the wall head container a metaphysical 14 other fund. how many containers could there? vince one y 2344. good, no wants to determine the number based on the group was 5667 heights. the reason to accounts 16 nuclear warhead containers and the storage bunker. there are a total of 4 such bunkers 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 in the launch format? this is, 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 key . 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 diesel concepcion, dusta. this here is the actual run with the ball head. so then rode on the come out of the bunk because the logo spots around here. they've been pushing $1.00 to $1.00 and a half tons along the top and along and then backwards onto the truck on the spot.

and that's basically, and it could well be done in a minute. however, pushing one's 2 towns up. this slope here, with 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 a, and i will sort of in today the russian army is still soft filing 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, or did to the b as in top, some 50 kilometers from berlin. a construction company opens the entrance to an underground world exclusively for a film crew. the an

important judy are. bunker is hidden here, the funds 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 corner in my life where we all the time, we can see it here. the back. if we walking slowly towards it, is to form a command post at the ministry of state security this minute. this is where america would have sat in the event of was increased by that music is that some areas moved the 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 judy are. it spied on and persecuted, citizens a consider to be disloyal. its methods included surveillance,

intimidation, and imprisonment. the styles he saw itself as the shield and sword has a 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 milka, 160 styles, the employees would have had refuge here. the bunker, cruise sleeping quarters, cramped, small spartan and cheese minor tales defensive to tier of cos. you could also see that the pets were suspended so they can swing in. and this of the purpose of when that some nations took place outside of generating pressure weiss,

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 the swing of hang hits, which i think if there had been a destination outside, nobody would have been asleep and pounded enough to give the account on microsoft. 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 i have as it hits not 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 give orders in spite and also order, feel tired and on this wall hung strategic maps to track and then the movements and the event to for meal 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 you're getting salvage column. and 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 to get here. we have to bring with me and would have lived in the event of bull in the bunker. perhaps lived should be put in quotation marks, but it was definitely the largest accommodation unit here in the bunker for the company. i know it's the, i'm going go. law, jones and dun and municipal, the minister of state security, sits in the bunker in the event of war. it does serve a purpose to own so the state can function naturally. 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 5. and of course he was also fed there. that was a privilege. got us as the privilege of them for the symbol secretary on an empty room probably for his secretary. and this was probably his private friends with a tiled shower and toilet. we have it in here. it's been in perfect order, so we're almost finished. and also it says to the m to the buffer was specially

equipped to the minister felt at least somewhat comfortable. yeah, let me start here. i'll finish the, i need a mazda vehicle. was already interested phone stage and the multi was good while that's trying to make it comfortable and to mine size 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 nuclear phones 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 won't go down because that's the basic idea. was that off to these 2 weeks, the radioactivity would have decreased to such an extent that it would have been possible to lead shelter, at least temporarily. of course, the question is, what kind of world would you step out into the 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 4th half an hour from berlin. the political lead to the t. d r. lifting funds with, with their families isolated and privileged, the lunch it to so i'm sure to just you could almost see the bundle. it was a close the government get to the us and the that's always easy. rumors just saw it was the same that you yard and people imagine the most amazing palaces here losing 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. think about there were peaceful park

swimming pools and so on it and want to and it was a very comfortable life style, the comfort tablet. 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 cub under these offered little protection from bomb attacks the give on given it size to, to say what $0.12 me. just pick a. now anyone who's ever built a shed home can imagine all 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 the font escalation. 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,

become 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 off. 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. that was a huge amount of money for rent it to be little protection unsafe kind of to really and fits from. so if a fire breaks out into bunker like this one, heavy smoke develops that can't escape you have an emergency ex effect

here. in the event of fire, the occupants have to escape using this latter. yeah, you can see how high up and the guy says people to get 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't see the daylight last? no, 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, we're shifting fine in the big cities, for example, especially in but in many prefabricated

t d. all buildings have reinforced basements that were built as a right shelters. so something was done for civil protection for 12 good would just have done those guys. would it have been enough in the event of law, some of which they didn't have to test this? according to judy or documents, there 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. most of your lots is younger, blout 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 kilometer. and this one was monitored by the stalls, the of 90 percent of the time. and people that you knew about every resident. and this area would have been evacuated in an emergency. you told me and it's 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 air is decoration. it was decorated with flour books and the cousins hanging from the windows and all looked very cute and peaceful. please don't think this of the site was built between 19681972 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 to the bottom touch on gloves were deliberately built very close to one of the out of 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 between i can if i and i'm not gonna go somewhere else, have been preserved along with a kennel. and a dog run in front of warehouse. this is the is the status of 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 give us i'm pens, supervisor of 2 of them. but what was being guarded here just as a non de jesus stalls the cold. this whole, the legend whole,

the whole time as long as the bunk because all of them 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 cases here. the state cases are closed with sources, that is with panels, but they can also be opened, which is what i'm doing now. it's 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 a public prosecutor's office. yeah. so it was just by tom's let this bunker was discovered 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 employees, the secret service network spent the entire country. the study was on the present stuff and liza spencer's team with us all guns. there was a huge system of farmers and the it was also set up so that the normal population lived. and that kind of diffuse here 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 would have worked down here in the us behind this role, the mass of to weighing $600.00 kilos of the end oaks in front of the bunker. and we go through the an oxide. certainly some the facility

was supposed to be nuclear safe 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 device or you can come from russian submarine technology. the bunker has been occupied by 100000 employees. the oxygen would have for amounts at some point. and in order to be able to use the phone cuz cell 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 a 22. the

sun had been someone would have had to step in literally. 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 a bicyclist could be controlled in moments of precisely when you have to move alaska. 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 at home and they radiate everything, they come into contact with single boy match the objects in buildings. i thought

also food and water. and this radiation has a very destructive effect on people via fish dollars. the 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 and all the time. then they wouldn't have been allowed to use these normal toilet. that's why you can still see these emergency toilets in some places instead of these uh, yeah, most toilet and 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 in camp beds at 1st consul topler. there was the 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 state for to be here. and he was supposed to be able to continue his management activities down here, even in the event of war process. because the district study had, would have also had more privileged living quarters in an emergency hazel 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, stopped everyone,

certainly send em suspected wants us to veil and states it was. but the real dimensions were not really clear to anyone in touch with the man who in the event of war, this does the bunker and my friend was to be used to continue the surveillance and di, solution of enemies of the state does highest as actually announce funding on contain an emergency in the event of a conflict, the state security service, it would make use of the list. here they would record the names of people who they said were critical of the state, which is can people be considered a threat for one's 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 live up to france.

since the fall of the berlin wall into 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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