Travel Guide "Remembrance Connects Region Oder-Warta"

88 89 A me e t i ng and d i scovery space A me e t i ng and d i scovery space An underground communications headquarters had already been built by the National Socialists between Fürstenwalde/Spree and Bad Saarow. Actually, the facility should have been blown up after the end of the Second World War due to decisions by the Allies. Fuchsbau Bunker Museum The Fuchsbau Bunker is one of the few bunkers in Germany that was used in three different systems. However, as part of the GDR ‘s exten- sive military build-up, this site was given a new function. Between 1965 and 1990 , the historic bunker and a specially constructed new underground building took on the function of Central Command Post 14 ( ZGS - 14 ) of the NVA Air Forces Command/Air Defence. After German reunification, the German Armed Forces used the bunker for a short time, which ended in 1994 when the site was cleared out and the bunker closed. After the site was initially abandoned, the bunker has now been a listed building for several years and can be visited as part of guided tours. In addition to guided tours through the building, visitors are also presented with historical air positions, an exhibit station for listening to radio and wire messages at the height of the air war in the Third Reich, situated in the former air position display room, in order to vividly explain the command post‘s function. Address: Am Fuchsbau 8 a 15526 Bad Saarow, Deutschland www.bunkermuseum-fuchsbau.de Open: January-December GPS : 52 ° 19 ‘ 24 . 8 “N 14 ° 03 ‘ 28 . 3 “E Fuchsbau Bunkermuseum i An armament factory built by the National Socialists from the end of the 1930 s for the production of the highly reactive and aggressive agent chlo- rine trifluoride (cover name „N-Stoff“) with the camouflage designation „Seewerk“, was developed after the end of the Second World War into one of the most secret sites of the Soviet Army troops in the GDR . In the 1970 s at the latest, the former huge underground production bunker was converted into a command post that was to be used to command the various units of the Soviet army. Liaison officers from all the relevant countries that had joined together from 1955 as part of the Warsaw Pact military alliance would have moved in here in the event Falkenhagen Underground Bunkers The Falkenhagen Bunker is one of the largest bunkers in Brandenburg. Built as an armament site, the Soviet army maintained an important command post here. of a military escalation with NATO troops. To that end, extensive con- struction measures were undertaken in the dense forest of Falkenhagen to ensure this new function. With the withdrawal of the now Russian troops in 1994 , the buildings and the entire site also began to deteriorate. Scrap metal thieves and polluters ran riot for a while. The area has been used for paintball and airsoft for several years now. Construction and security measures have put a stop to the deterioration. The underground bunker and some buildings can be visited on guided tours. Address: Zum Seewerk 15306 Falkenhagen (Mark), Deutschland www.bunker-museen.de/falkenhagen Open: January-December GPS : 52 ° 25 ‘ 47 . 8 “N 14 ° 21 ‘ 12 . 4 “E Falkenhagen Underground Bunkers i