“There is no way you can rebuild the bunkers,” said Zenon Piotrowicz
from the forestry service. “We are concerned more about having the
place made more attractive to tourists, including the renovation of the
hotel and restaurant.”
The Wolf’s Lair was also the scene of the July
1944 assassination attempt when a bomb concealed in a briefcase by
Count Claus von Stauffenberg just failed to kill Hitler during a staff
meeting.
Hitler’s life was saved by a chance decision to hold the meeting in an
outbuilding rather than in the usual confines of a bunker, and by the fact
the briefcase was moved away from the Nazi leader seconds before it
exploded.
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