Gierloz and Ketrzyn (German names: Görlitz and Rastenburg)
In the northeast of Poland is a little place called Gierloz. There are two small lakes nearby. Inbetween them runs a road westward to Ketrzyn. Just behind the lakes start the woods surrounding the ruïns of the Wolfschanze (LOOK AT THE MAP)
Today: the ruïns are still there
Hitler ran the war against Russia from the Wolfschanze There were wooden buidlings and some large bunkers there. The Staufenberg-attack on July 20, 1944 on Hitlers life was here. Good pictures of the Wolfschanze you can find at www.zeitgeschichte-online.de and www.geocities.com
In the northeast of Poland is a little place called Gierloz. There are two small lakes nearby. Inbetween them runs a road westward to Ketrzyn. Just behind the lakes start the woods surrounding the ruïns of the Wolfschanze (LOOK AT THE MAP)
Today: the ruïns are still there
Hitler ran the war against Russia from the Wolfschanze There were wooden buidlings and some large bunkers there. The Staufenberg-
Five days before the attack on
Hitlers life in July 1944. The man on the left is Von Staufenberg. He was responsible for the attack
Hitlers life in July 1944. The man on the left is Von Staufenberg. He was responsible for the attack
‘Lagebesprechung’ with
Jodl and Christian
Jodl and Christian
On July 20, 1944 Von Staufenberg placed a brief case with a bomb in it
under the table where the ‘Lagebesprechung’ was held.
Number 1 is Hitler. The red circle is the bomb
under the table where the ‘Lagebesprechung’ was held.
Number 1 is Hitler. The red circle is the bomb
Christmas at the Führer Haupt Quartier, 1941
Mussolini and Hitler looking at the result of the attack
Hitler and other nazi’s that
were in the room
were in the room
On the day of the attack Dönitz speaks to the German people
At the Wolfschanze in the period
17-21 July 1941
17-
The ‘Lagebaracke’ where the staff discussed the war situation
Winter 1942-1943
Hitler meets Palevic in 1944
Hitler and his dog Blondi at the Wolfschanze
Outside, somewhere in the Führer Haupt Quartier Wolfschanze
Hitlers Office. The round table was used for the nightly tea and monologes of Hitler
Hitler meets Mussolini at Bahnhof Görlitz, near the Wolfschanze, on the day of the attack at 15.30 hours
