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Big Bunker Hillock (Mont Klamott) in Volkspark Friedrichshain

Two raised areas characterise the Volkspark Friedrichshain: the Little Bunker Hillock, 48 meters high and the Big Bunker Hillock, also known as “Mont Klamott”, 78 meters high. They hide beneath their grass the remains of the Flak Bunker of Friedrichshain and the rubble of the surrounding city district, piled up after the Second World War. The Flak Bunker of Friedrichshain was a component of the war making of the NS dictatorship, which had begun the Second World War in 1939 and with that had transformed Europe into a field of rubble. The Friedrichshain Flak Bunker was erected between April and September 1941, as one of the three Berlin flak bunkers; the other two stood in Humboldthain and at the Zoo. The bunker in the Volkspark consisted of two towers: one defense tower armed with heavy flak artillery (anti-airforce cannon) and the smaller command tower. The task of the personnel was to detect enemy aircraft and shoot them down. In addition, the towers offered shelter to the civilian population of the surrounding area. More than 50,000 people found safety there during the bombing raids. Since autumn 1942 there had also been a depot in the command tower where artworks rescued from the Berlin museums were stored. Young people were deployed in the flak positions, frequently almost children still, born between 1926 and 1928, who carried out war with the artillery: officially called “Luftwaffe Assistants”, they often replaced adult soldiers. As the “Last Draft” of the NS dictatorship, the boys of the “Flak Assistant generation” were equally culprits and victims. Women and prisoners of war also formed part of the bunker personnel. In 1946 the bunkers were blown up. Recorded on July 31, 2020