WOLFSSCHANZE

Gierloz and Ketrzyn (German names: Görlitz and Rastenburg)
Location: 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. On July 20, 1944 Hitler held a radio speech about the failed attack on his life broadcasted from the Wolfschanze. Good pictures of the Wolfschanze you can find at www.zeitgeschichte-online.de and www.geocities.com

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

‘Lagebesprechung’ with
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

Christmas at the Führer Haupt Quartier, 1941

At the Wolfschanze in the period
17-21 July 1941

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

Mussolini and Hitler looking at the result of the attack

Hitler and other nazi’s that
were in the room

On the day of the attack Dönitz speaks to the German people

The Lagebaracke, on July 20, 1944, after the attack

Mussolini left the Wolfsscnanze on July 22, 1944. Hitler uses his left hand because his right hand was injured during the attack.

MAP

Rastenburg Airport, near the Wolfsschanze. This is the airport Von Stauffenberg used to get away from the Wolfsschanze

Rastenburg Airfield

Location: 54’02’39.42”N, 21’25’58.74”O

Today: seems like it’s (remains) are still there

There were two ways to get away from the Wolfsschanze by air. Next to the Wolfsschanze was a Storch Landing Field. South-west of the FHQ was the Rastenburg Airfield. This is also the airfield Stauffenberg used after the attack on July 20, 1944.

Left: Hitler at the Bahnhof
Right: Hitler meets Mussolini at Bahnhof Görlitz on the day of the Stauffenberg attack (at 15.30 hours).

Bahnhof Görlitz

Location: west of Sperrkreis I, in Sperrkreis II

Today: some remains of the station are still there

When Hitler travelled by train he used this station, that was inside the Wolfsschanze area.

Right next to the Wolfsschanze was an airfield for Storch aircrafts, that only needed a short runway

Storch Airfield

Location: directly next to the Wolfsschanze, on the north side, directly south of the railway

Today: open field

There were two ways to get away from the Wolfsschanze by air. Next to the Wolfsschanze was a Storch Landing Field. South-west of the FHQ was the Rastenburg Airfield.