Jonas Valley
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Jonastal, situated in the Ilm-Kreis
district in Germany
between Crawinkel
and Arnstadt
, was a scene of the horrors of the national socialism
in the last years of the Second World War. Tens of thousands of prisoners of the concentration camp Buchenwald were forced to dig 25 tunnels into the mountain. The whole operation was performed under strictest secrecy.
The exact aim of the operation is still a mystery. There are many theories, including headquarters
for the führer
and a center for atomic
research. Many believe that this is a site for testing atomic bombs or a production site for the "Amerika" rocket.
A book by Rainer Karlsch, Hitlers Bombe, published in 2005, alleges that Diebner's team tested some type of nuclear related device in Ohrdruf
, which is very close to Jonastal Valley. Moreover, Ohrdruf is located at the end of the hill, which starts at Jonas Valley, where there are still remains of excavations and blocked tunnels. Ohrdruf itself is located at almost the same elevation as the excavation place. It can suggest that there were tunnels' exits somewhere around Ohrdruf too. The existence of easy transportation, railway, in Ohrdruf may support this approach.
Documents on which Karlsch's book is based shed light on the motivations of the German scientists working on the paths of nuclear reactors and isotope separation; the historian of science Mark Walker also published his analysis in 2005.(Please see pictures at the first external link below).
It has even been searched for the legendary amber room
. The amber room was built in first built in Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. It was a spectacular beautiful room sometimes called the "Eighth Wonder of the world." The German Nazis stole all the valuables in the Amber room and took them to Königsberg in East Prussia, a far northeastern part of the German Reich which became part of the Soviet Union after WW II and belongs to Russia today as an exclave. The amber room was searched for in many places, so far it is still not found. It is not unlikely, that it was destroyed in the late war days. No one knows for sure what the answer to this mystery is.
Ilm-Kreis
Ilm-Kreis is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Erfurt, the districts of Weimarer Land, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt and Hildburghausen, the city of Suhl, and the districts of Schmalkalden-Meiningen and Gotha...
district in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
between Crawinkel
Crawinkel
Crawinkel is a municipality in the eastern part of Germany in the district of Gotha, Thuringia. Crawinkel was first mentioned in 1088.After the Armistice with France in 1940, during World War II, German forces took numerous memorials from the forest of Compiègne, where the Armistice with Germany...
and Arnstadt
Arnstadt
Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, situated on the Gera River. It is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia and is nicknamed Das Tor zum Thüringer Wald, The Gate to the Thuringian Forest....
, was a scene of the horrors of the national socialism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
in the last years of the Second World War. Tens of thousands of prisoners of the concentration camp Buchenwald were forced to dig 25 tunnels into the mountain. The whole operation was performed under strictest secrecy.
The exact aim of the operation is still a mystery. There are many theories, including headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
for the führer
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
and a center for atomic
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
research. Many believe that this is a site for testing atomic bombs or a production site for the "Amerika" rocket.
A book by Rainer Karlsch, Hitlers Bombe, published in 2005, alleges that Diebner's team tested some type of nuclear related device in Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf
Ohrdruf is a small town in the German federal state of Thuringia. It lies some 30 km southwest of Erfurt.-Medieval settling:Ohrdruf was founded in 724–726 by Saint Boniface, as the site of the first monastery in Thuringia, dedicated to Saint Michael. It was the first of several religious...
, which is very close to Jonastal Valley. Moreover, Ohrdruf is located at the end of the hill, which starts at Jonas Valley, where there are still remains of excavations and blocked tunnels. Ohrdruf itself is located at almost the same elevation as the excavation place. It can suggest that there were tunnels' exits somewhere around Ohrdruf too. The existence of easy transportation, railway, in Ohrdruf may support this approach.
Documents on which Karlsch's book is based shed light on the motivations of the German scientists working on the paths of nuclear reactors and isotope separation; the historian of science Mark Walker also published his analysis in 2005.(Please see pictures at the first external link below).
It has even been searched for the legendary amber room
Amber Room
The Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors...
. The amber room was built in first built in Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo. It was a spectacular beautiful room sometimes called the "Eighth Wonder of the world." The German Nazis stole all the valuables in the Amber room and took them to Königsberg in East Prussia, a far northeastern part of the German Reich which became part of the Soviet Union after WW II and belongs to Russia today as an exclave. The amber room was searched for in many places, so far it is still not found. It is not unlikely, that it was destroyed in the late war days. No one knows for sure what the answer to this mystery is.