Description of the attraction
The historical attraction of Kaliningrad is the "Blindage" museum or, as it is popularly called, "the Lyakha bunker". The museum is located in a defensive structure built in February 1945 for the headquarters of the Koenigsberg garrison. The building is historically valuable for the fact of the signing of the surrender of the German troops, which took place on April 9, 1945 in room 14, where the exposition of the branch of the Kaliningrad Museum of History and Art is located today.
The bunker was named after the last commandant of the garrison - General Otto von Lach, who led the defense of the city in 1945 and signed the act of surrender, for which he was sentenced to death by Hitler. Later, freed from captivity (1950), Otto von Lach wrote the book "The Fall of Konigsberg", which is of great historical interest. The museum recreates the setting of the fateful event with unique documents and photographs of the war. Here you can learn about the defenses of the city, the tactics of Soviet and German troops, as well as get acquainted with the map of the assault on Konigsberg and watch a documentary film dedicated to the capture of the city by Soviet troops. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to the pre-war period, where it paints a description of the once prosperous city of Königsberg.
The museum is an underground fortification of a corridor type, where there are 21 rooms, 4 of which are specialized. The structure is completely waterproof and soundproof, the average thickness of the walls is about 60 cm. The shelter has an autonomous life support system and four hermetically closed doors.
Nowadays, work is underway to find an underground passage connecting the bunker with the Royal Castle of Konigsberg, where, according to the researchers, the legendary Amber Room is located (taken from the Tsarskoye Selo Catherine Palace.
At the entrance to the museum, there is a wrought-iron gate with occult runic signs, made by order of the Nazis in Berlin. According to their plan, the entrance gate was supposed to serve as a magical protection for the bunker.
