Overview

• Joachim Herrmann said Bavaria’s roughly 500 Cold War–era bunkers have dwindled to 150 structural remnants and none remain fit for use.
• His announcement prompted Bavaria and the federal Interior Ministry to launch a fresh survey to catalog existing protection-room assets.
• Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is working with state governments to map potential shelter sites nationwide.
• BBK President Ralph Tiesler plans to convert tunnels, subway stations, underground garages and public building basements to establish one million emergency spaces.
• The BBK will publish its modern shelter concept this summer, defining protection rooms as multi-use facilities in response to growing fears of a possible Russian attack on NATO territory.