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Führer Headquarters
The
Führer
Headquarters
(
Führerhauptquartiere
in
German
), abbreviated
FHQ
, is a common name for a number of official headquarters used by the
Nazi
leader
Adolf Hitler
and various German commanders and officials throughout Europe during the
Second World War
. Perhaps the most widely known headquarters was the
Führerbunker
in
Berlin
,
Germany
, where Hitler
committed suicide
on 30 April 1945. Other notable headquarters are the
Wolfsschanze
(Wolf's Lair) in
East Prussia
, where
Claus von Stauffenberg
in league with other conspirators
attempted to assassinate Hitler
on 20 July 1944, and Hitler's private home, the
Berghof
, at
Obersalzberg
near
Berchtesgaden
, where he frequently met with prominent foreign and domestic officials.
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