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Bendlerblock

The Bendlerblock is a complex of buildings in Berlin's Tiergarten district, built between 1911 and 1914 in neoclassical style as the headquarters of the Imperial Navy Office. Throughout the 20th century it housed the Reichswehr Ministry, the OKW and the Abwehr, and was the centre of the military resistance against Hitler. In its courtyard, on the night of 20 July 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg, Friedrich Olbricht, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim and Werner von Haeften were executed following the failed assassination attempt on Hitler. Today the complex is a secondary office of the Federal Ministry of Defence and houses the German Resistance Memorial Centre (Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand), with a permanent exhibition and a notable collection of documents. The memorial courtyard is also one of the sites where new members of the Bundeswehr take their oath. Access to parts of the site is restricted because of its historical significance and institutional function.

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