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Underground chamber was built by 1970s East German secret police in a hidden pocket of forest near city of Suhl Designed as command post for chemical or nuclear war and had enough supplies to last 130 occupants up to a year Fans pay 87 to spend night in 38,750 sq ft facility 25 years after fall of Berlin Wall in phenomenon known as Ostalgie

By Dan Bloom for MailOnline

Published: 13:28 EST, 19 October 2014 | Updated: 01:48 EST, 20 October 2014

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Germans have just marked 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but it seems some can't resist reliving the 'bad old days' of Communism.

Deep in the forests of former East Germany they are spending the night in an authentic Stasi bunker - complete with military uniforms, rations and formal training for a Cold War chemical attack.

Teenagers not yet born when the wall fell are among those signing up for the 14-hour tour at the Bunkermuseum Frauenwald, a 38,750 sq ft underground complex which once had enough supplies to last 130 occupants up to a year.

Nostalgia for the East: At 15 years old, Jesset Kogel (pictured) was not yet born when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 - but he is now one of a growing number of people spending the night as soldiers in a Stasi-built Cold War bunker hidden in the woods near the city of Suhl

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German tourists relive the Communist East by spending a night in a Stasi bunker