Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn’t cover. We can also talk about the stuff we did or whatever else grabs your interest. In other words, it’s an off-topic thread.
This week’s second caption reads:
07 October 2024, Brandenburg, Freudenberg: Hans-Jürgen Herget, organizer of guided tours of the former GDR Ministry of the Interior’s command bunker, stands in the underground facility. The former command bunker of the GDR Ministry of the Interior near Freudenberg (Märkisch-Oderland) will be open to visitors next weekend (12 and 13 October 2024). “In the event of war, public life in the GDR was to be maintained from this bunker,” explains Hans-Jürgen Herget. According to Herget, around 400 telephone lines led from the facility to the police, the National People’s Army and the State Security, as well as to companies and fire departments. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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