West Germany's Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) stored some 20bn German marks (about €10bn or £8bn) of emergency notes in two underground bunkers, one in Frankfurt the other in Cochem ...

During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 billion marks' worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500-square-metre nuclear bunker beneath the town.

Berlin and its infamous wall are the epicenter for Cold War tourism, but there are plenty of other sites around Germany that portray the tension between east and west after World War II.

In the tense early years of the Cold War, governments around the world were frantically making plans about what to do in the ...

10 hidden Cold War sites in former West Germany Many important installations can still be found dotted throughout the country, relics of a time when West Germany was a Cold War hot spot.

Since then, VTOL fighters like the F-35B and transport aircraft like the V-22 Osprey provide much of the capabilities that West Germany had set its sights on back during the Cold War.

BERLIN -- Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown terrorism and became a respected elder ...

During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 billion marks' worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500-square-metre nuclear bunker beneath the town.

There are hidden bunkers, former rocket silos turned into art galleries, and secret airfields next to highways. Here’s a list of 12 of the best Cold War sites west of the former German ...

During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 billion marks' worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500-square-metre nuclear bunker beneath the town. A closely guarded state ...

During the Cold War, the German central bank stashed away almost 15 billion marks’ worth of an emergency currency in a 1,500sqm nuclear bunker beneath the town. A closely guarded state secret, the ...