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Wolf’s Lair Hitler’s Bunker in Ketrzyn, Poland
Regardless of whether you are passionate about history or you are simply looking for an exciting place to visit, being in Masuria, you cannot miss the ruins of Adolf Hitler’s Former War Headquarters codenamed “Wolf’s Lair” (Wolfsschanze). History Hitler’s headquarters stretched over 250 hectares and was very well camouflaged. The location of this place was surrounded by forests and Great Masurian Lakes providing protection against hostile intelligence. The complex of bunkers and military installations was built for the start of Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of the Soviet Union—in 1941. The central German command center during World War II was the headquarters of fuehrer Adolf Hitler. Until 1941 base of operations did…