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Shield and sword of the party created after Soviet model in 1950, the MfS Ministry of State Security understands itself for the protection of the party (SED). In the 70s, the MfS had developed into a differentiated universal apparatus. The ministry played a key role in the field of protection engineering and was in charge of guarding, supervising and keeping confidential the facilities of the MfS, for which complex 5000 of the National Defense Council (NVR) as well as the forest settlement in minister Erich Mielke with his staff provide protection , For 160 people, 2400 hours of self-sufficient survival should be possible on a 2500m² floor space. The construction costs amounted to approximately 120 million marks of the GDR. > The two-storey bunker was built between 1984 and 1988 as the> alternative management center of the MfS. »The essential function of the object was to guarantee the accommodation and the leadership of the Minister and his staff from a protected facility. In the case of national defense, the structure provided protection against conventional and limited nuclear weapons. Ensuring a steadfast, uninterrupted and muted leadership under the expected conditions of a modern war made it necessary to create protected leadership positions for the party and state leadership of the GDR as well as the important governing bodies of the national defense at a central level. > The 77-hectare site is divided into two areas, the> accommodation zone and the 13-hectare parking zone. Approximately 300 meters from the accommodation zone, the A11 motorway pas*es Berlin-Prenzlau and essentially accommodates the guard building at the main entrance, the heating house. five accommodation buildings, a fa*m building and a large garage complex. In the adjacent parking zone was the bunker construction, an antenna field, the four-storey staff building, a garage and the