So secret and vast were these underground bombproof , anti air raid bunkers that no matter how the Soviets and Germans thought they'd finally managed to destroy it , construction projects as well as ground excavations always proved them wrong .
Considerably well preserved with a good number of tunnels and rooms still intact , the subterranean bunker is a sprawling underground complex where Hitler spent his final months directing Nazi Germany .
While this is no ordinary carpark , it will still be very shocking for you to actually stand on this spot and discover that this was where Hitler married Eva Braun ( when defeat to the Soviet Red Army finally became imminent ) , and even threw a celebratory party for invited guests .
Both he and his new bride carried out a suicide pact the next day , with standing instructions for their bodies to be burnt out in the open .
Some disbelievers however , insist that the Führer would have been able to hatch an escape route and even make it to as far as Argentina .
The decision to cover this historic location in a most unceremonious manner is a way to deter Hitler admirers who might ever think of turning the site into a shrine .
If you come here and want to get into an actual bunker , it is possible but you'll have to engage a tour guide for that specific purpose .
On the other hand , there are those who are still unwilling to forget , forgive or move forward , that they are intent on making the present new generation of Germans pay for the sins of their past .
To me , even one mere step of acknowledgement is a step forward .
When we uncover the past , instead of sweeping it under the carpet , the wound may reopen .
But there are ways to nurse it back . One must be willing to allow the process of healing to be initiated first .
We bury our dead , but not our history , because from it , we hopefully glean some lessons and learn how to become a better human to the next person .
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