By 22 April 1945, the day before the Red Army entered the outskirts of Berlin, the Goebbels moved their children into the "Vorbunker", connected to the lower "Führerbunker" under the Reich Chancellery garden in central Berlin. Hitler and a few personnel were staying in the "Führerbunker" to direct the final defence of Berlin. German Red Cross leader SS-"Gruppenführer" Karl Gebhardt wanted to take the children out of the city with him, but was dismissed.