Finding the Führerbunker : Hitler's Last Days (WW2 Documentary)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2023
- In Late April 1945 Adolf Hitler, his long-term partner Eva Braun and many high-ranking Nazis found themselves surrounded by soviet forces in Berlin.
For Hitler, the final days of his life and the closing chapter of WW2 in Europe, would take place in a damp underground bunker, known today as the ‘Fuhrerbunker’, beneath the heart of the Third Reich.
In this short documentary we use the latest technology and mapping to explore the story of those final days and attempt to pinpoint the precise location of the bunker, and the likely spot where Hitler and Eva Braun were buried on the 30th April 1945.
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Image/Film credits:
US National Archives (NARA) College Park, MD
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Bundesarchiv - German Federal Archive
Google Earth Pro (Berlin, Germany - modern and historic imagery)
United Nations Archives & Records Management Section
Eva Braun’s Home Movies, (NARA)
Official (declassified) FBI Records, (NARA)
Battleguide Archive
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C. Neubauer
Research References:
R. Sognnaes & F. Strom, ‘The Orthological Identification of Adolf Hitler (1972)
L. Daly-Groves, Hitler’s Death (2019)
R. Misch, Hitler’s Last Wtiness (2008)
H. Linge, With Hitler To The End (2009)
E. Kempka, Ich habe Adolf Hitler verbrannt (1951)
G. Junge, Until the Final Hour (2002 version)
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A very well done piece! There's no word for the sadness and needless loss of civilian life. Decent good people caught in the middle. The only bright spot is that those innocent people and kids were relieved by Almighty God in paradise.
Thank you❤
Thank you for sharing. Another little known bit of history was that Hanna Reitsch flew into Berlin on April 26 to fly Hitler out.
Khalistan
I wonder what good Christianity was for all these Christian nations given over to barbarism. When the Nazis were in Tibet, they were also looking for an answer to a religion that would allow civilization to live in peace...
I found out that there are some aliens that look like ants and they don't use money and everything they want to build they make it happen and they have probed the entire earth and they have a colossal mothership behind Saturn and they don't want to be invaders they want to be saviors and when the earth If it is on fire, they will take the earth and save it from human barbarism.
I was in Berlin a couple of weeks ago and tracked down the spot of the bunker, for such a historically important location I couldn’t believe there weren’t any tourists/tour groups there, especially when it’s only 200m or so away from the crowds of people around the Brandenburg gate.
Normally there are tourists there, I think you were just out of season.
As I recall from a previous trip there is a sign here now describing the location.
@@GrenlandUnderVann Yeah the sign is there for a decade now.
@@miepmiepzoefzoef As I recall I was there in 2012 with a Segway sightseeing trip with Fat Tire Bike Tours. I somehow forgot how close it is to the Branderburger gate on my last visit in 2022.
I was part of a tour group and we made a stop there. That was in November 2019.
Congratulations! This is the only documentary I've seen that has invested real effort into getting the exact location nailed. As a trained archaeologist (and historian), I fully appreciate and know the vital importance of accurate mapping. 👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
If have a fire stick go on and look for hunting Hitler you will get a even better layout of Hitlers bunker history says there was 4 escape routes from the bunker but there’s 5 bunker which takes you to temple Hoff airport watch hunting hitler there’s 3 seasons one where there’s 4 hideouts in the jungle of Argentina have a look
Well you must be pretty shitty trained archaeologist (and historian).
@@isaialberto4273 sure he did 😂
maybe look better blind fck , do u really think he made this clip lmfao
One of the most fascinating videos I have ever seen on the internet. I wish it had been longer, but you packed a lot in in just 19:30. Well done!
Thanks!
19:31*
Omg you need to educate more. There is so much more out there.
Visited Berlin in 2014 summer and took a guided history tour of the city. Our guide was quite knowledgeable and she actually took us to this parking lot and told us this was the bunker location. Which is what brought me to this video almost a decade later!
well i just searched the place on google maps and it has a sign now telling its there
@@xzarathosx6429 yes it does,,, but you could literally walk past the sign without even knowing. We were the a month ago.
@@ultimateadventuresblog6564 yeah its like a sign nothing else u can see above what the entrance bunker was but not rlly anything noticeable
This was SO INTERESTING. After I watched "The Fall", I have been obsessed with the history of this bunker. I have seen many, many videos. NO ONE has done what you just did. Thank you. So clever. I will like, share and subscribe! Right now.
Are you talkin about the film The Downfall?
Thank you for the informative and highly professional video on the Fuhrerbunker. The level of research and attention to detail is simply excellent. Well done!
Thanks very much Ruby, really glad you enjoyed it!
Preserving History is crucial; if only for History's sake! This was a great video; tasteful, respectful and presented so well. Yes you had to go that extra mile to emphasise that you were not glorifying in any way, but times change and we have to do this now. It did not detract from what you presented. Will be saving this video in my documentary folder, so that I can view it again. Great work, thanks.
Much appreciated David!
Facebook is censoring history all it can 100%
"A spell had been broken". Another lefty commentary telling you how/what to think of Adolf Hitler.
We have to preserve and learn from history. Otherwise we are doomed to repeat it.
Been there when the last remaining structure was still there - the year before the wall came down I was a 16 year old back packer around Europe and Germany. Went through the checkpoint in East Germany straight into west Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie where I was given a daily pass and was told I had to be back over by midnight. I knew where it was, and a guard was there but I told him I was Australian, gave him maybe $20-$50 US dollars and he let me walk into the entrance but NOT deep down. Took many pictures and brought back a nice chunk of concrete bunker rock. Been amazingly blessed. The next year the fucking wall came down. As all know flats for Berliners now cover the entire underground complex which is STILL underneath. Thanks for the video.
I would love to see these pictures!
Yeah me too :)
I entered the Fahrerbunker that was discovered. It is the bunker where they put the fuel from to burn the bodies. I'd like to see the pictures you made
Have you posted those pictures somewhere? Your story seems made up.
Made up
What a great video! I absolutely loved the detailed mapping pinpointing where the bunker was in relation to its surroundings.
This is fascinating and well done. I was surprised how cramped the bunker complex was, having always imagined a larger labyrinth of rooms and halls. The layout projected over the existing buildings and cars really brings this out. Too, I imagined an quiet bunker, never considering the constant noise made by the ventilation system and such. What a hopeless and depressing place.
Many thanks for this excellent video! So much research and attention to detail is really appreciated. As a historian this is just what I like and can’t thank you enough for explaining your methods and the effort in providing us with this 👍
Such a factual and interesting video! I applaud you for your effort to bring to us viewers this kind of information! I've always liked to know the precise area of such interesting spots. Am going to watch this several times over to remember more interesting details.
You did a fantastic job with this video. I generally find it hard for me to stay focused and invested in docu-style videos, but this one was such a fun journey. 19 minutes flew by.
amazing work. we need more people on this level of research on youtube.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Stunning film, well researched and presented. I've been to this location a few times but never really knew the precise location. I'll visit again soon. Thanks
Brilliant! So glad I found your channel, and very thankful you put in actual work, rather than guessing, regarding history. Subscribed and off to watch your other videos. Cheers from Minnesota, USA.
Many thanks!
From what I heard after visiting the site in Berlin myself, the government only added the sign (visible in the video) after residents in the apt complex were sick and tired of tourists asking where the entrance was.
Man... You guys are freakin GOATS ... I mean you make damn near PERFECT docu-series'... KEEP 'EM COMIN!!! Especially WWII!!
terrific work! and thanks for posting it. this is the most careful analysis of the maps, as they relate to modern times, that I've ever seen.
I stood on this very spot last September…chilling really.
we truly couldn't care less, this video is not about you and your "feelings"
@@slowery43 Fabulous! Now go try not to suck at playing guitar…
This was incredibly well made and detailed! Hat's off to you!
All of Battle Guide's videos are superb. Careful narration without sensationalism or sloppy pronunciation (that so characterises many American history vids.), and no emotive guff that doesn't add to historical understanding. Meticulous job you do with your documentaries! A1 work.
And a Q. for any classical music buffs: what's the very first short bit of music? Early 20th century Russian?? I'm probably wrong!
Excellent short documentary, made with precision and objectivity and with extreme historical rigor. Thank you so much.
That's very kind, thanks Juan.
Excellent detective work! Really well put together vid
Glad you liked it!
When I was in Berlin 20y ago I searched the area and there were no signs or anything.
The local population either did not know where the bunker site is or refused to acknowledge they knew about it.
Excellent work on this video, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Amazing video ! Thank you, you’ve put a lot of work into this video obviously.
fascinating. i went through this journey last year trying to determine the exact location on google maps and was in the general area, but this nailed it down to a point.
I made to Berlin as a tourist in December of 1990. Just 13 months after the Berlin Wall came down. The Brandenburg Gate was closed off for major renovations but I was able to get through once without problem. I knew I was close to the Bunker but I didn't have the time or reliable precise locations to check out. I'm happy with the sights I did see while I was there.
This was the most interesting documentary I've ever seen. Thanks for those quality 20minutes
Unreal video mate, really enjoyed!
This is a really good channel. Very informative and well presented
Thanks! Glad you think so!
Superb work. very informative.
Glad you liked it!
Absolutely brilliant content!! Thank you.
Amazing video and outstanding work you’ve done. Will visit the site tomorrow after reading all those books about his last days from his secretary and telephonist.
Wonderful and highly underrated video. This should have FAR more views than it currently does!
Thanks very much indeed - hopefully in time it will get seen a bit more - we are relatively new to this kind of content but will keep going :)
I find the irony of him being burned to ashes in the end very interesting. You reap what you sow springs to mind. Great investigation.
The problem with that irony is that he was able to make that choice, millions of others didnt get one.
@@enigmaz9 That wasn't the point. However, he was forced by his own hand. Live by the sword - die by it.
Excellent video. I've been looking for something like this for months. My search is over.
Glad you liked it!
Very impressive sir.. every second keeps me intrigued
Really enjoyed this...tip top commentary..well done!
Thank you kindly!
In 2004 the metal plate over the emergency exit (vorbunker) was still there. Because then i wss there and i stood on it- little bushes with red flowers around it. I dont know if it is removed or covered up nowadays.
Thank you for the makers of this video, very informative, great job
This was SO well done.
Excellent vid and info- subbed!
Awesome, thank you!
Excellent work. Well done.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! Cheers!
Impressive production quality, got a new subscriber
Welcome aboard!
Great channel. Just great vids. THANK you.
Great video,historical information,congrats for your effort,👍🏻
Many thanks!
Great vid!
Thanks Dan. :)
Thank you for an outstanding video. I have read extensively about WW2. You have a new subscriber.
Very interesting video, excellent work. Thank you very much!
Babe I live in Berlin we know where it is : the reason it doesn’t have a sign or so is so people don’t use it as a place of pilgrim or place of idol worship . I cycle past often and I’m so glad it is not a tourist attraction or even a sight many ho too . That man destroyed my family and millions more I’m glad his final place is now nothing no sign no glory no nothing shame he will be remembered in history
There is a small sign though on the location, I have been there myself. You can even see it on google street view
Hitler the most evil human being in history , my grandad was a Desert Rat , North African campaign , he told me , no Germans should have been left alive after Hitler's action's.
We need to preserve and study history. Humans tend to repeat themselves, so much tragedy and countless lives destroyed and upended, we need to teach our children of the evil of Hitler and his minions. I am very sorry your family was directly affected. God bless.
@@toddandangelbrowning2920 im a Jewish German so totally agree I had too many family killed in the name of national socialism, they teach us the horrors of the war and national socialism but they don’t teach how deep it runs in society and how they were able to do what they did to not just Jewish people but the disabled, queer people, Roma/sinti/gypsy communities how they tried to wipe out Eastern Europeans or the Slavs as they were classified, also nazism and the far right didn’t end with Hitler , it’s a very modern political and social topic in Europe , quite a few neighbouring nations are led by far right groups and even here the AfD are a huge political group
Great work!
Thanks!
This video, how its done and exsplained is so very well done. I went to that area and seeing this video and the amount the details that has been put into it made the history come alive.
Now I want to rewatch "The Bunker" with Anthony Hopkins playing Hitler. Along with "Downfall" it really gives you a sense of the claustrophobia and madness of the Third Reich's final days.
*I really love watching this type of documentary very well done*
Thanks Henry!
Very interesting & informative.
Thanks Mark glad you enjoyed it.
Excellent video. Well presented.
Excellent work, thanks for sharing!
Many thanks!
Very good... Thanks lot's 👍
I lived and worked in West Berlin in the 80s, and would regularly walk along the Berlin Wall past the Brandenburg Gate as most Berliners would do. Even back then, there wasn't a confirmed location of the Führerbunker and even a mythical story that it was completely destroyed by the Russians and/or the East German authorities in the 1950s. It was rediscovered after the fall of the Berlin Wall. To think it was still there in the 80s and I was literally less than a hundred metres away blows my mind! Would I have filled in what was found in the 90s with concrete? I don't think I would. Its glossing over history. When you forget the past you ignore the future.
We arent covering up the past though. Its destroying a potential shrine to an ideological cult.
People still know of what happened In the world.
From what I understand, you can still access a few rooms, but the majority has been completely filled in by the foundations of the newer buildings.
Brilliant! Well done; another fine presentation.
Really good work. Excellent video. Thank you very much.
Really interesting, added a lot to the admittedly limited knowledge I had about the events. Bobbie
Thanks very much!
As horrific and truly evil this is it's also important to remember what happened and finding the location of the event really grounds it to reality. Yes this is the exact location where the most evil man to ever live spent his last days and died a pathetic and cowardly death. It puts it all into perspective. We need to remember history so we don't repeat it. Thanks for the great video.
Hardly the most evil man ever lived
@@mclovin8739lol what hardly ever? What about all the suffering he cause due to WW2 where millions died.
@@rustyshackleford1011What about Stalin? Isn't he was not the vicious evil too along with hitler?
@@koushikdas1992 Yes he was a horrible monster, i would put him in the category of one of the most evil men who ever lived as well. Im not saying hitler or stalin should be number one, but saying Hitler was hardly the most evil man who ever lived is quited the understatement.
@@koushikdas1992what aboutism my man
BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!!!
THANKS 🙏🏻
Great video thank you. A very interesting location and turning point in history. I will have to visit one day and use your video as a guide.
Love the mapping detail. As a note, Kempka was not among those from the bunker who went into Soviet captivity. He escaped to the West.
Thanks Channel 76, glad you found it interesting, and good point RE: Kempka.
the "wild wild" west as they say
Damn good job on this documentary. Badass work.
Thanks very much! More coming soon :)
Really enjoyed this video
Perhaps the true location is in our hearts
Crazy that they filled in parts later in the 90s.. they should of preserved or even restored it as a museum or history piece in general
Usually, I would agree. Not in this case.
@@stefano9853 really? Honest question, why wouldn’t it be good to have it preserved for history? Are you in the line of thinking it’s good to ban nazi symbols in Germany and what not? I think that’s the opposite of the way to go forward
Impressive video, much appreciated!
Excellent footage and research. Cheers
Thank you! Cheers!
I believe you made a minor mistake in identifying the spot where Hitler's and Eva Braun's bodies were burned inside a shell hole. Several photographs from the time point to the shell hole being closer to the emergency entrance -almost within a few meters of the structure's wall. In your depiction the spot is shown near the middle of the street which is too far away. I believe the correct shell hole spot based on photographs and your brilliant work here would be somewhere on the pavement and not near the middle of the road. Thanks for the wonderful work.
I researched this a few years ago and came to the same exact location of where the bodies were burnt as in the video, however, we are assuming the photos are of the actual ditch used and not just a staged photo so there is still room for error.
The story continues in 1970 about hitlers' remains, following statements by ex KGB I managed to pinpoint exactly where Hitlers remains were buried throughout the years and where his ashes were finally scattered.
It's quite a fascinating history that is long forgotten, but it puts a final end to the whole saga.
I think that place is here: maps.app.goo.gl/mRtVZPDuxfhS15wa6
Great video!!
Great content and very well done. One of the best I've seen on Hitler's bunker.
Great work on the video which must have taken a lot of work.
I've been to the car park, I do think at some point in the future they will and should excavate the remains.
Not as a shrine but for History.
Let us also remember all those that suffered due to AH not surrendering and dying for this reason.
AH took Berlin and it's people to hell, not all were worthy of such a fate.
Viva Berlin.
⚘️
They did a DNA test on the skull and it came back as a woman's skull. They have also found out that there is a tunnel lead from the bunker directly to the airport, which has a flight log that has notes of being packed with Hitler's belongings and extra crew members.
Wow
You are exactly correct.
An exceptional video, thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic video !! Really really GOOD !!! 💯👍🏻👍🏻
In german V is pronounced as a F so the Vorbunker in english would be "Forbunker"
Battle of Berlin was my absolute favorite battle of ww2 the way the Germans would fight to the last round for an already lost cause while the Russian army chokes the city with encirclement. You’ve got the French army American army and British army pounding you from the west
War is cool!
Great work guys, very good content
My grandmother was a young girl during the time of WW2, so I didn’t hear any stories about this time, but I always fascinated by this war for some reason! Good video for sure
The secretary Traudl Jung is considered the last survivor from the bunker. She wrote down her memories of life in the bunker.
However, the bunker was destroyed by order of the East German government. The ceiling was blown up and the bunker filled with earth. The walls were too solid to blast them.
Jessy panerselvam , post graduate , MIT
Hl !
The main part of the bunker was pulled out of the ground and destroyed by the DDR in 1988. All that remains of the bunker proper is the floor slab. There are some neat pictures of the excavated and unearthed bunker, and of the interior, on Google images. The DDR dug out all the earth surrounding the bunker, in a huge excavation of the entire Postdamer Platz area, exposing the entire concrete structure, and systematically destroyed it. Nothing worthwhile is left.
No, the fuhrerbunker still exists pretty intact, probably filled with water due to the high water table there. The upper bunker was removed and destroyed.
@@koba2348 Correct, the following link shows what was destroyed during the demolition and what was not.
ruclips.net/video/VhgY2xKdNSo/видео.html
You really have a talent making and narrated videos, welldone
Thank you... we do have a great team here. :)
Wow thats an accurate video! I live in Berlin for 6 years now and seeing that I used to play football in this pitch really next to it made me feel strange
Great video, but when all said and done, he was nothing but a coward. He coursed all that pain and misery killing millions of innocent people. Yet when the time come he cowardly tuck his own life.
HE DID NOT! You’ve been propagandized⚠️
The bunker should have been preserved. Destroying history is stupid. No matter how dark it is.
I totally agree that it should have been kept. But after the war - nazism had to die and the germans themselves didn't want to make a shrine of the bunker for future nazies to commemorate hitler and nazism. So in that sence, kind of understandable. But it could have been so cool to take a walk down those strairs and see the very room, in which Hitler and Braun too their own lives.
What a nice change ❤very informative and entertaining ❤
Awesome video. Well done.
Glad you liked it!
A minute of silence for all the people who think Hitler died in that bunker
interesting. What do you think happened Bojan?
@@BattleGuideVT Hello! First of all I want to make it clear that I am not trying to dispute your work, you are doing a great job. I believe the theory that he fled to Argentina. There are documentaries that talk about that, have you watched any on that topic?
@@Bojan88Hakerall documentaries were made for TV to make money. Hitler died in Berlin. End of
Made sure no one was looking and took a leak atop location. Most satisfying pee of my life!!!!!!!!!!😅😅😅
We truly couldn't care any less, this video is not about you
@@slowery43 bf deal
AMAZING VIDEO,,,, well done
Brilliant video as ever, thanks so much for posting,. I have visited the area, but now understand what I was looking at.
Such a well researched and detailed video. Excellent. I only wish you made a lot more! 🙂
German should have left the Furher Bunker till this day as a constant reminder
Yeah, its an interesting question - can understand why they didn't though.
Germany had no say in the furher bunker, it was destroyed by the Russians
@@opoxious1592 It was ripped out by the DDR in the late 80s.
A lot of historical structures used or built by the NAZIs were destroyed by a US program of destroying anything they thought was NAZI related in an attempt to remove NAZISM but IMHO they did the wrong thing as people should learn from this time in history. Having said that, a lot of these places could have become monuments to neo NAZIs, although there are plenty of buildings the NAZIs used or built or associated with NAZIs and there isn't an issue with neo NAZIs such as Hitlers birthplace.
what a well made concise video very well done.