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3 unusual facts about Bendlerblock


Bendlerblock

Filming permission was first granted in 2003 to a TV studio for the filming of Stauffenberg, starring Sebastian Koch.

It is also used as one of the ceremonial sites where new members of the Wachbataillon of the Bundeswehr (German military's drill unit) take their oaths.

Via Lewandowsky

Laid out in the entrance hall of the Bendlerblock, this oversized carpet, when viewed from above, shows a war-torn Berlin and ironically refers to the military term carpet bombing.


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Bodewin Keitel

As first general staff officer, Keitel took Boehmer from the Berlin Bendlerblock and a telegram to Keitel from the conspirators and prompted the first steps.

Margarethe von Oven

Later she worked as a secretary for Colonel General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord and Colonel-General Werner von Fritsch in the Bendlerblock headquarters of the Defense Ministry.


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