Build to allow Adolf Hitler a raised platform to address Nazi officials or senior officers. It was here that the Nazi’s planned for the battle in France in spring 1940 once they had captured Belgium.

Situated close to the two wooden lodges, one of which was used by Hitler, an air raid shelter was constructed to offer protection from an allied air raids that may have targeted the temporary camp.

The fountain close to the visitors centre, once where Adolf Hitler sat in conversation with Joseph Goebbels as they planned the invasion of France in 1940.

On 6 June 1940, Hitler and his High Command came to Brûly-de-Pesche. From here, a place he called the “Wolf’s Ravine”, he oversaw the Battle of France.The site is still home to vestiges of Hitler’s stay here, with two pavilions like those of 1940 . One boasts a large collection of period photos and DVD films in French, Dutch and English. The other one, located nearby, commemorates the Resistance efforts of Hotton Service Group D, a Belgian Resistance group of the Second World War.An exhibition of materials used by the Resistance group, and models of how the village used to look, give a glimpse of the tough day-to-day life of the Resistance fighters. Finally, the impressive Second World War Bunker awaits visitors in a park designed in the 1940s.

Bruly-de-Pesche 1940 Museum