Lost places: Third Reich Ruins – REIMAHG Messerschmitt Me 262 underground production site near Kahla in Thuringia

Lost places: Third Reich Ruins – REIMAHG Messerschmitt Me 262 underground production site near Kahla in Thuringia

[caption id="attachment_2463" align="aligncenter" width="800"] REIMAHG, Walpersberg, Kahla[/caption] From 1943 onwards, numerous production facilities were relocated underground in the Third Reich as part of the "Total...
[caption id="attachment_2463" align="aligncenter" width="800"] REIMAHG, Walpersberg, Kahla[/caption] From 1943 onwards, numerous production facilities were relocated underground in the Third Reich as part of the "Total War". Due to the geological situation, the distances to the ranges of the allied bombers and the goal of Fritz Sauckel to establish a "Trutzgau", a kind of last refuge for the leader of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, Thuringia was particularly suitable for this. An underground production facility for 1200 Messerschmitt Me 262 per month was to be built on a production area of 250,000 m² near Kahla in the Walpersberg mountain. In fact,...