Germany Shut Down Thousands of Air-Raid Shelters. It Needs New Ones Fast.

Wall Street Journal

22-07-2025

BERLIN—Less than 20 years ago, Germany decided the risk of a military attack on its territory was so low that it decommissioned the country's last air-raid bunkers. Today, it is scrambling to roll back the decision.
Of about 2,000 bunkers and air-raid shelters operational during the Cold War, only 580 remain, offering space for 480,000 people, or half a percent of Germany's population. Even this figure is largely theoretical.