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Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 8:56 am
by Christophe
Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:17 am
by PAFG
Hi Christophe,
There seems to be a cross engraved near the top of the tower. Is it some kind of mausoleum? Perhaps for AH himself?
R
Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:08 pm
by Christophe
not bad, but here's the answer:
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when AH decided to rebuild berlin into GERMANIA (the so-called 'world capital') his "first architect" albert speer wanted to test the ground - it's a wellknown fact, that berlin is "build on sand", and especially the planned "Triumphbogen", more than four times bigger than the 'arc de triomphe" in paris, seemed to be a bit to heavy; so they took hundreds of tons of concrete for a simulation of the weight of one column (!!!)
the result: it didn't work, it sank into the ground (not much, but too much), and because this masterpiece of human hybris is standing right in the middle of berlin, it's not possible to destroy it, even today, where the mankind seems able to destroy even a whole planet...
sounds crazy but it's true
cheers from Berlin,
christophe
Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:07 am
by K4KittyCrew
Thanks once again for your comments and images.
I've read Speers book and found it extremely interesting.
Both his book, along with Bomber Harris book, are my all time favourite reads.
Cheers
John
Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:28 am
by W4783
Fascinating images...thanks for posting
Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:54 pm
by Christophe
after 5 years of absence i want to show you a little but interesting thing: a writing on the wall of the "Tiergarten-Bunker" (Tiergarten is the name of a centrally located district in Berlin): it says "Men over 16 and under 70 years of age belong in the field of war, not in the shelter".
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The second image shows the demolition of the "Tiergarten-Bunker" in 1947:
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Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:41 pm
by Mark Joyce
Great photographs! Thank you for posting them.
Re: German Flak Towers Images
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:36 pm
by Bruno
Hello,
Thanks!