Berlin Story Bunker

About the museum

The high-rise bunker on Schöneberger Straße was built in 1942 within a few months by forced labourers from Eastern Europe. In the last days of the war, thousands of civilians sought shelter here; when the neighbouring S-Bahn tunnel was blown up in May 1945, water flooded into the bunker and people had to flee. After the Berlin Blockade, the West Berlin Senate stored food reserves in the massive concrete structure until the 1990s.

The entrepreneur Enno Lenze took over the bunker in early 2014. Together with the publisher and curator Wieland Giebel, founder of the Berlin Story bookshop, he developed a documentation on the Führerbunker out of bunker tours; its first part opened in 2015. In 2017 it grew into the exhibition “Hitler – How Could It Happen”, which traces, across three floors and dozens of rooms, the path from the Empire through the rise of the NSDAP to the Holocaust, war and downfall.

In 2023 the museum “Germany from 1945 to Today” was added, covering the period from the post-war rubble years through 1968 and the fall of the Wall to the war in Ukraine. A further section is devoted to the Russian attack on Ukraine. The venue is financed solely by admission fees, without public funding, and is operated by Berlin Story GmbH.

Highlights

• Documentation “Hitler – How Could It Happen” across three bunker floors
• 1:25-scale model of the Führerbunker
• Reconstruction of the bunker room where Hitler took his own life
• Museum “Germany from 1945 to Today”, extending to the present
• Ukraine Museum with weapon parts from the front
• Free audio guide in twelve languages

Permanent exhibitions

• Hitler – wie konnte es geschehen – Extensive documentation across three bunker floors, from the Empire through the seizure of power, the Holocaust and war to the end in the Führerbunker, with a model and room reconstruction.
• Deutschland 1945 bis heute – A tour through German post-war history, from the rubble years and the Berlin Airlift through 1968 and the fall of the Wall to the crises of the present.
• Ukraine Museum – Section on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, including parts of missiles and drones.

Founded

2015

Operated by

Berlin Story GmbH

Director

Enno Lenze

Admission & discounts

One ticket is valid for all exhibitions in the bunker, and the audio guide is included. Only card payment is possible on site. Tickets are valid for a single entry.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

According to the museum, the bunker is not suitable for wheelchairs. Assistance dogs are allowed, other animals are not.

Kids & families

Only partly suitable for kids

The sections on the Holocaust show drastic, life-size photographs; the museum recommends that parents view these rooms before their children do.

Getting there & parking

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