563 Comments for Berliner Bunkerwelten

I too am facineted with fallout shelters, bunkers and abandoned places...that's why I LOVE this site! Motts, you do a great job capturing these images.
Here is another place of interest of mine, If this is not the place to put this, lease fell free to remove the link.

http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/index.html

That's what I thought, thanks for the feedback!

LOL LucieLou! ;)

Thank you again Mr. Motts for one of your most interesting collections. I for one stand in awe of your talent

thanks ,pleease keep them coming!

Yes, it means: No Exit.

The sign reads: to the Men's Restrooms. Please watch you step.
Männer Abort - this ist kind of oldfashioned German. No one would say this today.

(Attention: Stairs - sounds odd in English, I guess.)

Thanks so much Ginny!

Great info, very helpful ebolavirus! Thanks for taking time to explain!

It could represent those slaughtered in the death camps by gassing with
Zyklon-B which leaves a blue staining called Prussian blue...

Thanks Motts...Yes dust/particle shield...


:) @ redinkreign

Happy to donate my info about the equipment...I found this set most interesting because of ABC content...

LucieLou:
Yes you did have to remove your everyday wear glasses off in order to don most protective masks because mask lenses are not script...
They would also cause seal problems...
If you wore prescription glasses you were issued a set of wire framed lenses that fit like swimmers goggles ...Instead of a straight ear piece there is a 'C' that comes off each lens and wraps around the ear to hold them in place with no movement...
The ear piece and nose piece are connected to lenses by springs...If you were to see someone wearing a set it would look something like monocle over each eye...This design is still used today...
Prescription sets were primarily used for people that went into a toxic environment to work or clean up, other than that the mask is donned to get out of an area quickly and not usually worn for a long period of time...Other than that you just have to deal with not being able to see properly for a little bit or die...

The wax paper packets were plastic replacement lenses and the tin is anti fogging inserts in the picture as I mentioned above...

ebolavirus...

Probably it's a ventilation shaft - because I would decipher the letters as "Bei Gasalarm schließen" means "To be closed at gas raid".

the eyeglasses look as if one pair belonged to a woman and the other a man, ok now, for the sake of asking, didnt they have to take their glasses off in order to wear the gas-mask? Did they see where they were running too? Did they have special lenses for near and far sighted?

why does Hogans Heros come to mind?