Hitler's Underground Shelter
PhotographerPhotographed by
Thomas F. Oakes
American, 1900 - 1966
Date1945
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 2 7/16 × 2 1/2in. (6.2 × 6.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Nora Oakes Howard
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by Thomas F. Oakes, above-ground view of the rear entrance to the Führerbunker complex, Hitler’s final headquarters and site of his suicide. The photograph features a view of the emergency exit in the left background; the cone-shaped structure on the right served as a bomb shelter for the guards and as a ventilation shaft.
Object number2017.41.10
MarkingsPrinted in back: "RIDAX"Stamped in black on back: "62 J"InscribedHandwritten in pencil on back: "R.T. CM/ E.M. AJC"
Handwritten in black ink on back by Thomas Oakes: "Hitlers underground/ shelter in left back -/ ground. In center is/ solid reinforced con-/ crete structure con-/ taining air pipe for/ the shelter"
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