Wassermann bunker
The Germans built a bunker on the highest dune on the island for a radar. A radar system (the ‘Wassermann’) was to be installed on top of the bunker, constructed from a steel cylinder, approximately 40 meters high.
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The Germans built a bunker on the highest dune on the island for a radar. A radar system (the ‘Wassermann’) was to be installed on top of the bunker, constructed from a steel cylinder, approximately 40 meters high.
This bunker contained the ammunition for the anti-aircraft weapons. You can still see the original camouflaging on the outside walls.
Between the bunkers in the Goetlijfpark you will find re-enacmtent of the 2nd Kompanie Gebirgsjäger Regiment 100. They show how the originally Austrian Gebirgsjägers lived.
The foundation Stichting Historie Vliegveld Valkenburg (SHVV) has converted the telephone exchange at the former naval airbase Valkenburg into a visitor center. The above-ground bunker
When soldiers of the Canadian 7th Infantry liberated Groede and the surrounding area on October 25th 1944, they were surprised to find a well-camouflaged German bunker ‘village’, part of the Atlantic Wall, just outside the village itself. It appears to be an ordinary village with streets and houses, but in reality it is the regional headquarters and ‘Stützpunkt’ Groede.
Stelling 46 (Widerstandsnest 46), belonged to the outer land front of the German Festung (fortress) Hoek van Holland. Three of the eight bunkers still remain including a bunker for troops (621), ammunition (134) and a mortar (Bauform 206).
Defense line with various bunkers on the tank moat at the Hoek van Holland Fortress.
The Widerstandsnest 53 formed the northwestern entrance (Sperre) to the Festung Hoek van Holland. The three bunkers that you can visit are: Barracks bunker 501, Artillery bunker 676 and a Kitchen bunker.
The Widerstandsnest 53 formed the northwestern entrance (Sperre) to the Festung Hoek van Holland. The three bunkers that you can visit are: Barracks bunker 501, Artillery bunker 676 and a Kitchen bunker.
The bunker museum on Ameland can be found in the dunes to the west of the lighthouse in Hollum. In here, artworks, special finds, performances, stories, and images are shown.
A visit to this location includes the former airfield, the airfield museum, the former ‘befehlstand’ (command post), WN 7 and the Flak bunker village to the north of the airfield.
For years, the Administration Office in Huisduinen was a controversial reminder of the wartime in Den Helder. Nowadays new impulses are emerged to keep the memory of the significant period in our history alive.
Almost all the bunkers in the Scheveningen complex are still intact and the Atlantic Wall Museum Scheveningen Foundation has reopened and authentically refurnished the command bunker, the barracks bunker and the toilet bunker.
The Oranjehotel is the nickname for the Scheveningen prison during Second World War. Between 1940-1945, the German occupier held more than 25,000 people here for
In the center of Alkmaar, you will find this Telephone Bunker R616 with partially original equipment and an exhibition about the history of Alkmaar during World War II.
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