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The Hegewald, the former headquarters of SS chief Heinrich Himmler in Ukraine (Zhytomyr Oblast), has been put on the list for inclusion in the State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine, the press service of Batkivschyna MP Oleksandr Bryhynets has reported.

“The Ukrainian Culture Ministry, in response to an address by the head of the subcommittee on the protection and promotion of cultural heritage, Oleksandr Bryhynets, ordered Zhytomyr Regional State Administration to prepare accounting documentation for the object of cultural heritage and submit it to the ministry,” reads the statement.

The press service noted that Bryhynets had prepared an address in response to complaints from the residents of the village of Huiva on turning the bunker into a storage facility for potatoes.

In his opinion, this object can be turned into a major tourist site that “will help create new jobs and fill up the budget of Zhytomyr and (Zhytomyr) Oblast.”

Himmler’s command bunker in Ukraine was located near the village of Huiva in Zhytomyr Oblast.