European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R Quadriga that he had it transferred to Paris in 1806-7, not As a statue of peace but As one of. Victory. The prussians led by marshal Bluecher were equally enamoured and took it Back in 1814. Given the events of these Quot wars of liberation Quot the prussians accepted. Napoleons renaming of the statue As Victory a but a Victory of Freedom Over tyranny. On its return a prussian Eagle was placed on the goddess s scepter and the Iron Cross inserted into the Oak Wreath by the King. The original beaten Copper statue was badly damaged in the Battle of Berlin april May 1945 its remains Are on display in the Marki Sches museum. In a rare display of East West cooperation the statue was recast in West Berlin while East berliners restored the Gate. This new Quadriga was returned to its proper place in 1958. The new Quadriga has been removed and is being restored in preparation for the 200th anniversary festivities in August. Then and now the Brandenburg Gate will continue to serve both As a striking visual representation of Berlin and As an area of easy camaraderie and Commerce. The Brandenburg Gate is easily accessible by a Bahn or bus no. 100 from the zoo Europa Center shopping mall. If is a sight not to be missed on a visit to Berlin. James w. Bottoms or. Is a tour guide and free Lance writer living in Wei Brincken Germany. A a craftsman helping to restore the Quadriga inspects a Hubcap from a Chariot  and past clash Over Hitler s Bun Kerby Leon mangasarian United press International buried 50 feet below some of Berlin s most expensive real estate is a piece of German history Many wish would go away a the remains of the Bunker where Adolf Hitler committed suicide 46 years ago. Now that the Berlin Wall is no More controversy has emerged Over what to do with the ruins. Some people. Think it should be a historical site. Others would like to see it flattened and  32-room Bunker where Hitler spent the last three months of his life before a bizarre marriage to his a mistress Eva Braun and their joint suicide on april 30, 1945, is Only a Small part of a massive Complex. Part of Hitler s own underground quarters was destroyed but surviving intact was a series of connected bunkers for the Fuhrer s feared guards from the is a the Schul Staffel a quasi military Branch of the nazi party. Also undamaged were the bunkers spooky is will murals showing nazi officers protecting a Model aryan family. A a a \ the Complex covered with 1 5-foot-thick Concrete ceilings stretches  1,200 feet to the East of. Where the Reich s chancellery used to stand.  Bunker Complex ended up in what became East Berlin after world War ii. When East Berlin s communists built the be Linwall in 1961, the is bunkers wound up below the infamous death strip that ran along the Wall. The Hitler Bunker was just inside East Berlin near the watchtowers and searchlights used by East German guards to spot would be escapees. The East German government blew up parts of the Bunker and sealed off the remainder of the Complex in 1986 in order to build an apartment Block on the site. But the nov. 9, 1989, opening of the Berlin Walt and the oct. 3, 1990, German unification rekindled debate Over How Germany should Deal with the physical remains of its nazi past. The future of the Bunker where Hitler made his final stand As the red army advanced into Berlin in april 1945, remains a deeply sensitive Issue in a unified Germany concerned Al tul the recent upsurge of right Wing extremism. Quot we must at All costs prevent the Bunker from becoming a place of pilgrimage for Brown shirts Quot said Klaus Groth a state Secretary for the environment in the Berlin government. The Brown shirts were the nazi party s storm troopers. Some German historians such As Wolfgang Wippermann agree. A. Quot the Bunker site should be flattened Quot he said. But others argue that the Hitler Bunker is an important historical site that must be preserved. Quot we should use the Bunker ruins As a history lesson on the nature of the Stihrer state Quot said Sabine Teissier. Spokeswoman for cultural political questions in the Berlin Senate. Quot i Don t think there is much Chance that the remains to get the Hitler Bunker will be classified As a historical a Monument Quot Teissier said. Quot it somehow would t sound  the former head of the German association of a Waffen is soldiers Walter Kruger also argues Tor recognition of the Bunker As a historical site. Quot from a historical Point of View this was where the Fuhrer died and a plaque to this effect should Ite placed on the spot no matter what redevelopment takes place Quot he said. The Berlin government Lias not vet formulated redevelopment plans for the site above the Hitler Bunker a the potsdamer Platz which is among some or the most expensive property in Berlin. A Daimler Benz manufacturer of the men Edes Benz cur has bought a Large tract of land to the West of the Bunker and plans to build an office Block on the site. Other  Tom erns reportedly interested n Ottice Sites in the area i Lude Toshiba and the Bank it Tokyo. If the area is redeveloped As a business r enter. The question of the Hitler Bunker Mav be resolved forever it will be entombed under torts of t of Rete a . Soldier looks at part of Adolf Hitler s Bunker including his bed and damaged Safe it right shortly after the end of world War. Mav 7 6, 79�?~17 stapes mag i me 3 m