HQ Army highcommand Mauerwald
Construction of the headquarters complex began in 1940. The site, on the banks of Lake Maur and the Mazury Canal, lies some 18 km north of the Wolfs Lair and, at the time, consisted of more than 200 buildings, 30 of which were made of 7m thick reinforced concrete.
The first occupants began to arrive in the following May. In all, over the next three years, some forty general officers, including Halder, Guderian, Paulus, von Brauchitsch, and von Stauffenberg, and their staffs managed the Army’s operations. Control moved to Zossen, in December 1944.
Today, the site is open to the public and can be explored with the aid of a torch.
