Plant south

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Military tunnel in Stępina , part of the southern facility (July 2011)
Location of the Führer headquarters

The South Plant (also known as Askania South ) was a plant that was temporarily used as the leader's headquarters and consisted of two railway bunkers in the southern Generalgouvernement , built during the Second World War . The two reinforced tunnels were built near the railway line between Rzeszów (Reichshof) and Jasło . One bunker was in the village of Stępina (45 km south of Rzeszów) (at 49 ° 52'18. 58 "N 21 ° 35'19. 04" E), the other was in the town of Strzyżów (30 km south of Rzeszów) (at 49 ° 52′13.31 "N 21 ° 48′40.96" E). They were initially for a two-day meeting on 27./28. Used August 1941 between Hitler and Benito Mussolini .

View into the interior of the bunker that has been preserved to this day
Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in the Führerbunker Anlage Süd in Stepina on August 27, 1941

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pictures of the Askania South facility.