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| Flak |
Sieger |
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immer |
| Flieger |
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German AA and
pilots always win! Together with the German Luftwaffe eagle
and swastika. |
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Inside the museum at Colleville,
Normandy, F, 06-2013. Origin unknown. |
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The German
soldier and farmer united for the Fatherland! Sword and plough. |
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Inside a 'Jägerstand St.Pt. Rotenstein',
Vazon Bay, Guernsey, C.I., GB
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photo's: SP |
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halt wacht Kamerad |
be on guard
comrade |
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erfült deine Plicht |
do your duty
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bleib treu Kamerad |
be faithfull
comrade |
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und zweifle nicht |
do not
hesitate |
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Sei tapfer Kamerad |
be brave
comrade |
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und kämpfe mit |
fight with us |
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... Sieg Kamerad |
for
victory comrade |
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... |
... |
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Inside a
R-631 La Rochelle, F |
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photo:
CMAW |
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DAS REICH UND EUROPA |
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-- SIEGEN -- |
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The Reich and
Europe will win |
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Inside a
bunker somewhere on the isle of Texel, Nl |
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photo: FS |
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laß ihn (?) durch
einen Wahlspruch (?) |
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nicht aus der Ruhe bringen |
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denk immer an
der Wahlspruch |
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des Götz von
Berlichingen |
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the saying was:
Wir
lassen uns durch einen Anschiss nicht aus der Ruhe bringen denken
immer nur an den Wahlspruch des Götz von Berlichingen |
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What was the
logo above the text? |
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Inside a Vf bunker,
Wn 78, Festung IJmuiden, NL |
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photo:
RP |
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Deutschland |
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muss leben! |
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und wenn
wir |
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sterben
müssen |
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In 1914 the
workers poet Heinrich Lersch described the feelings of those days in
his poem 'Soldatenabschied' (The soldiers farewell). Every strophe
closed with the refrain: 'Germany must live, even if we must to die'. |
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Somewhere
on the AW in the Netherlands |
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photo:
HBP |
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Scharf |
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ist das |
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deutsche |
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Schwert |
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The German sword
is sharp |
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Inside
a bunker, Mont de Sombre, Pas de Calais F, 07-2005 |
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photo: LJdV |
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This bunker was manned
by Italian soldiers.The text: COST01a, a unit belonging to one of the two
divisions Alpini COSTieri, 223 and 224 who were on the French coast in 1943. |
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Inside
a MG-bunker, H.K.B. St. Aygulf near Frejus, F, 04-2004 |
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BunkerArt
heaven ... great! |
| Slogans
and the names of the soldiers that once occupied this bunker! |
| Somewhere
on the AW in Holland, 03-2004/03-2005 |
photo's:
MK and author
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| Es
kann nicht jeder Feldherr sein, |
not
everyone can be a warlord |
| doch
jeder sei Soldat. |
but
everyone is a soldier. |
| Ein
jeder Mann in unsern Reih'n |
everyone
of us |
| sei
General der Tat. |
is
a man of action |
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| Immer
vorwärts, spät und früh, |
always
going on, day or night |
| unversagt
im Stürmen |
firm
in all storms |
| Anspruchslose
Infanterie, |
modest
infantry |
| möge
Gott dich schirmen. |
may
the Lord be with you |
| variation
of the last lines of the infantry song, Lied der Infanterie |
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| Objg |
Pullem |
Wir
springen für
Deutschland |
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| " |
Klett |
| Obgeb |
Jäger |
| " |
Drost |
| " |
Blömker |
| " |
Heckert |
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| Ihr
Kinder ... Heimat ... Pullem |
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Your
kids ... home sweet home |
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thus
Objg Pullem was the artist! |
| compare
the 2004 to the 2005 situation, the drawing is sadly deteriorating
quickly! |
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Durch kampf zum Zieg! |
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Treue ist das Mark des
Ehre |
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Victory trough battle! |
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The
true measure of honor is loyalty |
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Inside Fort Montbarrey, Brest, Brittany, F, 10-2003 |
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photo's: RB
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Deutschland muß leben! |
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wenn wir sterben müssen |
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Germany must live! |
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when we will have to die |
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Kampfgemeinschaft erfordert
Kameradschaft. |
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Sie bewährt sich besonders in
Not und
Gefahr |
| 6th
of the duties for German soldiers: Kodex
'Die Pflichten des deutschen Soldaten'.Battle moral
requires comradeship. Especially in distress and danger. |
| "Die
Treue ist das Mark
der Ehre" |
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same as above, now spelled correctly!
by von Hindenburg |
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Inside the VARA battery, N - the text to
the left is the same as in the R-633 Breskens, NL.
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photo's: HH
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Wir
sind vergänglich |
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aber Deutschland muss leben |
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We are mortal but Germany must live |
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"Gefangen sein, bringt harte
Pein |
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drum ficht, bis
Dir das Auge bricht" |
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Being a prisoner is full of sorrow, therefore fight until death |
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| Die
Treue ist das |
| Mark
der Ehre |
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again the same text as
above |
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Inside a bunker on the
AW somewhere in France |
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photo:
RdB |
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Die
Treue ist das Mark
der Ehre |
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Inside a
bunker, Batt Fevretot, Normandie, F |
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photo: TO |
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Wir fahren
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gegen England
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we fight England, just
like in the famous song! The insignia in the background is that of the
mechanics of the Kriegsmarine. |
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Inside
one of the bunkers belonging to the Bt. Mirus, Guernsey, C.I., GB |
left photo: RdB,
UPDATE right SP |
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| Wir kämpfen bis zur |
this
quotation comes from von Paulus, the German commander during the
encirclement of Stalingrad. |
| letzten Granate, es lebe |
| der Führer! |
Paulus |
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Inside the Paulus bunker, Brittany, F |
photo's: DP |
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| Heimat |
deine |
Sterne! |
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The
title of a populair song, see slogans unofficial page |
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above: we will fight till
the last grenade, long live the Führer!
left: same bunker, home sweet home, with a sitting guy
seeing a woman's figure in the stars back home! |
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Wenn ich nun zweifle, schau ich auf dein Bild, |
Dein Auge sagt mir,was allein uns gilt. |
Deutsch sein, heißt Charakter haben |
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Whenever I am in doubt I
look at your picture.
Your looks show me what is awaiting us. Being German is having character! |
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pictures taken in a groupbunker, Brittany, F, |
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| photo's
above: DP |
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DER PIONIER IST |
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| ein von
Drahtverhau zerkratzter, |
Panzer
zerhackender, |
| mit Dreck,Lehm
und Sumpf bepatzter, |
Bunker
knackender, |
| mit geballten
Ladungen schmeißerder, |
Minen suchender, |
| auf die
feindliche Abwehr schei (...ßender) |
saumäßig
fluchender |
|
r |
- Frontsoldat |
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update: Some more details
of this unique bunker, 05-2008 |
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Not real 'BunkerArt', but too unique not to
show. This time an almost faded slogan in Dutch on the outsite of a hospital barrack on
the former 'Fliegerhorst Deelen' near Arnhem, NL, 12-2001. The hospital is still in
business today with the red cross on a sign outside! |
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the text was widely used, to the left a leaflet with the same slogan |
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V
= victory, used by Allied and
Axis powers.
Germany wins for
Europe on all fronts |
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V |
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V |
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DUITSCHLAND |
WINT |
EUROPA |
OP ALLE |
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VOOR |
FRONTEN |
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On a school
used by the German Kriegsmarine during the war in Rotterdam, Nl |
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'Soldat sein heisst treu sein' |
'Kampfgemeinschaft fordert Kameradschaft' |
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Being a soldier means
being faithful - Battle moral promotes comradeship! |
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Inside the command bunker
'Leitstand' of 'Marineküstenbatterie Lothringen' 4*15 cm. Noirmont Point, Jersey, GB,
05-1997 |
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