Bunkersite.com update: Dieppe and Somme
There’s so much still to discover in Dieppe. The steep chalkstone coast and the concrete bunkers make some beautiful scenery. We start at the inland Vaudricourt about 70 km east of Le Touquet at radar site “Skorpion” with a big L 479 night fighter control bunker and several radar emplacements. We go further south to […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: 410a, 411a, 479, atlantic wall, atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunkers, dieppe, skorpion, somme
Bunkersite.com update: Dieppe and Bergen
Together with the new layout come new photos. This time from a trip made by Henk Adriaanse to the Dieppe area and some updates in the Bergen area from back in 2007. Dieppe got the honor to be the first part which was updated to the new layout. Locations were extended and added. Janval is […]
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: atlantikwall, bergen, blockhaus, bunkers, bunkersite, dieppe, france, frankreich, noorwegen, norway, norwegen, regelbau, somme
Demolition news from northern France
Some unfortunate news from Nord-Pas de Calais. In Dunkerque, a bunker was demolished to make place for new housing. At the Batterie Waldam with its famous concrete gun turret, the loose barrel of the flare gun which was still there seems to have been cut to pieces and disappeared. According to this post on the french […]
In: Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: abriss, afbraak, atlantikwall, blockhaus, bunker, bunkers, calais, demolition, duinkerken, dunkerque, dunkirk, france, frankreich, frankrijk, nord, pas-de-calais, pillbox, sloop, waldam
Propaganda Painter Ernst Vollbehr
Besides the Propagandakompanien which reported in word, photo, film and sound there was another medium used by the Reich to inform the homefront about the massive building activities around Europe: paintings. One of the most prominent painters of this genre was Ernst Vollbehr. Born in Kiel in 1876, Vollbehr studied art in Berlin, Dresden, Paris […]
In: Art, Articles · Tagged with: art, bio, biography, blockhaus, bunkers, ernst, kriegsmahler, line, linie, nsdap, paintings, photos, siegfried, vollbehr
Filming the Atlantikwall
Nice video by Robin de Goede. RUIN VALUE from robindegoede on Vimeo. Tribute to Paul Virilio’s ‘ Bunker Archeology ‘ Music by: B. Lustmord & Robert Rich Film by Robin de Goede
In: Art · Tagged with: bunkers, denmark, film, movie
Visual decline
Unfortunately for our field of interest, I often have to write about demolition and decay. The process is unstoppable and we have to live with it. However, raising concerns can never be bad. Last week I made a visit to Stützpunktgruppe Voorne, in Holland. It was like seeing old friends. It was six years ago […]
In: Articles, Demolition/Disappearing, News · Tagged with: 409a, 410, 622, atlantikwall, bunkers, destroyed, frescos, heritage, regelbau, voorne, warning, wassermann
Bunkersite.com update: Pas de Calais, Zeeland, Woensdrecht
Some French additions to the site: Stp Arnika, Leo, Martha, Max, Moritz and Nora in the Nord Pas-de-Calais region. Also the Woensdrecht airport in Holland and some small bunker in Stavenisse. Bunkersite.com updates
In: Bunkersite update · Tagged with: 117a, 118c, 120a, 630, 633, blockhaus, bunkers, ghyvelde, nord, oye plage, pas-de-calais, regelbau, stavenisse, woensdrecht
Atlantikwall on Schouwen-Duiveland
A new book about the Atlantikwall on the Dutch former island of Schouwen-Duiveland has been published this week. The book, which is written in the Dutch language, tells the story of bunkers and troops on the island and contains maps of every Stützpunkt and Widerstandsnest. The 240 pages are illustrated with photos, of which some […]
In: Books & Magazines · Tagged with: atlantikwall, blockhaus, boek, book, bunkers, heijkoop, nederland, netherlands, published, rijpsma, schouwen-duiveland, zeeland
Bunkers by night, in Silkeborg
To celebrate liberation, the Silkeborg bunker museum organises Bunker by night on the 5th of June. Last year’s night was a big succes with over 3.500 visitors. Between 5 and 11 pm visitors can visit bunkers and enjoy a play by reenactors who portray German and English soldiers from 1945. The entrance fee is 50 […]
In: Denmark, News · Tagged with: 5, atlantikwall, bunker, bunkermuseum, bunkers, by, Dänemark, denmark, june, liberation, night, silkeborg
Bunkers in 3D
Wim Hoppenbrouwers shows us some of his work on the Fortificatieforum: 3D bunker photography. See more examples on the forum.
In: Photography · Tagged with: 3d, bunkers, fotografie, photography, stereo