Wolfsschanze

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Wolfsschanze was Adolf Hitler’s heavily fortified Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II, best known as the site of the failed 20 July 1944 assassination attempt against him.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Wolfsschanze canonical 12
Wolfsschanze (Wolf’s Lair) 1
Wolfsschanze briefing hut 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II site
bunker complex
military headquarters
abandonedOn 1944-11-20
assassinationAttemptDate 1944-07-20
associatedWith Eastern Front operations of Nazi Germany
builtBy Organisation Todt
codeNameMeaning Wolf's Lair
constructionEndDate 1941
constructionStartDate 1940
country Nazi Germany
currentUse museum
demolishedBy Wehrmacht engineers
demolitionDate 1945-01
distanceFrom about 8 km east of Rastenburg (now Kętrzyn)
garrison SS personnel
Wehrmacht personnel
hasLanguageOfName German
hasPart air-raid shelters
airstrip
anti-aircraft positions
barbed wire barriers
concrete bunkers
minefields
railway siding
security zones
hasPolishName Wilczy Szaniec
hasTouristAttractionType historical ruins
war memorial site
inUseFrom 1941
inUseUntil 1944
locatedIn East Prussia
Gierłoż
Masurian woods
linked to: Pisz Forest
locatedInPresentDay Poland
Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
namedAfter Hitler’s self-adopted nickname "Wolf"
nearbyCity Kętrzyn
notableEvent 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler
openToPublic true
primaryFunction Eastern Front military headquarters
linked to: Eastern Front
region Masuria
securityZones three
targetOfAssassinationAttemptBy Claus von Stauffenberg
usedBy Adolf Hitler
Nazi German High Command
OKW
usedDuringConflict World War II

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

20 July plot location Wolfsschanze
20 July plot meetingLocation Wolfsschanze briefing hut
linked to: Wolfsschanze
Operation Valkyrie location Wolfsschanze
controlling access to Adolf Hitler location Wolfsschanze headquarters
linked to: Wolfsschanze
Kętrzyn nearby Wolfsschanze
Until the Final Hour workLocationDescribed Wolfsschanze (Wolf’s Lair)
linked to: Wolfsschanze
Major Ernst John von Freyend (Valkyrie) setting Wolfsschanze
Wolfsschlucht II relatedTo Wolfsschanze
Adolf Hitler’s staff location Wolfsschanze
Rastenburg, East Prussia near Wolfsschanze