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Photo Gallery Underground with Hitler

For years, Hitler's bunker has been popularly understood as a dark, dank cellar. New research and digital animation by a native Berliner has enabled a clearer view.
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The main entrance of the bunker, looking into the airlock, which kept air pressure in the underground building at surface levels.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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A cut-out view of the bunker seen from inside the reception hall. The architecture between the bunker and the hall was fused and structurally symbiotic.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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A view into the external corridor that surrounded the entire underground structure. False walls were built to protect the internal rooms from blasts.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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An overview from atop the bunker's reinforced foundation.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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External view of the winter garden and reception hall that sat on top of the bunker.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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Construction of the Kannenberg Passage, a hallway named after the building's concierge, which connected the bunker and the chancellery.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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The engine room in Hitler's bunker, containing generators and air filters for the entire space.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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The interior of the "Kabinettsaal," the cabinet and meeting room in the old Reich Chancellery.

Foto: Christoph Neubauer Verlag
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