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Crook arrested who squatted three bunkers
In Hoek van Holland a 47 year old man was recently arrested for digging out and redecorating underground bunkers. The man started in 2009 by digging out a bunker in the centre of Hoek van Holland in the so called ‘Roomseduin’. A park which is now quit popular among dog owners, but in the war held two strongholds […]
In: Holland, News, Uncategorized · Tagged with: Küver crook arrested squatted "hoek van holland" police
Bunkervillages
In the Netherlands quite a few Atlantikwall complexes where re-used as small villages after the war. Sometimes for permanent housing, but most of the times just as summerhouses. Reusing the bunkers – which in most cases were light constructions of the VF and Kuver types – started almost immediately after the war. In some places it was even a necessary evil […]
In: Photography
Hedgehogs
A random, but remarkable photograph. Three explosions, three British Navy commando’s. From now on I will try to post a random but remarkable photograph on a regular basis.
In: Photography · Tagged with: hedgehogs explosions normandy 1944 commando's navy british beach obstacles
Battered Normandy
Since it’s June I found It interesting to share the following initiative that focuses on the Normandy landings through Photography. On Flickr you can find ‘PhotosNormandie‘. A collaborative project for social indexing of historical imagery taken during the Normandy campaign from June 6 to the end of August 1944. Here photos from several archives are […]
In: Photography · Tagged with: archives, atlantikwall, crowdsourcing, d-day, flickr, normandy, photography
Forteresses Du Dérisoire
First of all, thank you Arthur, for the very friendly and graphic introduction. On this Blog I will deal with the Atlantikwall from different and hopefully surprising perspectives. As I also try to do in the muddy fields and sandy beaches, or in the dusty archives surrounded by funny smelling paper. I always try to look beyond […]
In: Books & Magazines · Tagged with: 1973, 1976, book, derisoire, forteresses, francais, french, gautrand, jean-claude, photo, photography, virilio