Bunker Museum

Kaliningrad, Russia

This bunker was the underground command post of the German general Otto von Lasch during the Battle of Königsberg in 1945. A museum of the city's German past (which lasted 689 years) and Soviet 'liberation' of the city, including several interesting dioramas of events during the days of the battle.

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Universitetskaya 2, Kaliningrad, Russia
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Founded: 1945
Category: Museums in Russia

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en.tracesofwar.com
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4.6/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

saifuddin ahmad (9 months ago)
Small signboard but word-it. Just like office command from underground world.
Juan Rodriguez (13 months ago)
Good tourist attraction which includes a guided tour with some stories. More explanations in english would help.
Bonnard Tobar (14 months ago)
An interesting museum about the siege undertook by the city during the war. Everything is mostly in russian with little infirmation translated to english. Pictures, models and artifacts are worth the entrance fee, alrhough it would have been alot better to have the text in english to understand more about the significance of every piece
pravin kudtarkar (19 months ago)
It was interesting to watch a bunker, it has all the historical arms and thinks which were related to that historic place
Maxim Dorogov (20 months ago)
Very good place to visit. One of the most important places in the history of ww2.
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