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[GEBIRGS-JAGER]

Hi to clarify the the Berlin Flak towers only 2 partially remain, i guess they gave up on trying to fully destroy them.They are Humboldthain and friedrichshain,the Zoo tower the most famous was completly destroyed by the British. Hamburg still has 2 complete towers.Brian

[seebee1]

Do you have any pictures of the ones in Hamburg Brian, would be keen to see how they are today. Regards, Clive.

[Military]

Clive,

Sorry I dont have the ones you requested, but Im sure someone else could help.

Mil

[Curt Steinbach]

Fairly new in the forum so this may have been posted before...Society for exploration of various underground bunkers etc. in Berlin. Also offering tours

http://berliner-unterwelten.de/home.1.1.html

[Military]

The Berlin 'Underworld' Tours were heavily advertised when I was in Berlin. However it still didnt make me take up their tours. Has anyone been with them before?

[Ron P]

Great shots of the flak towers! Thanks for sharing.

[redjames2004]

Flak Towers

I am very stunned to see how MASSIVE are those Flak Towers. They are absolutely HUGE!!!! They poured lots of concrete to build those flak towers in Berlin,Hamburg and Vienna. They used foreign labor besides the German workers to build the massive concrete flak towers. Yes,they are very difficult to demolish due to massive amount of concrete used in the flak towers. The walls are at least 4 or 5 meters thick which was withstand the artillery and bomb attacks. Thanks much for posting pictures of Vienna Flak Towers!

[Curt Steinbach]

The Berlin 'Underworld' Tours were heavily advertised when I was in Berlin. However it still didnt make me take up their tours. Has anyone been with them before?

I found out about them through a show on the History Channel and it looked interesting. I had planned on checking them out when I go to Berlin this year. There is even a tour of unused/closed subway stations which is supposed to be very good (friend of mine went on that tour).

Holger

[Erich Johann]

Thanks for posting the pictures!

There is an interesting guidebook from the "Past Finders" series on Berlin. I'll check if there's anything on the Flakbunker in there. (It is also available in English in bookstores in the Berlin area.)

[Gran Sasso]

The Berlin 'Underworld' Tours were heavily advertised when I was in Berlin. However it still didnt make me take up their tours. Has anyone been with them before?

You HAVE to do this tour! - Unbelivable, we started at the subway-station "Gesundbrunnen" (in viewing distance to a FLAK-tower), went down the stairs to the train, as hundreds of other people - but halfway down we went through a normal door - and you are 65 years back in time. Everything is still there, from beds to toilets, from mural paintings and posters, lockers, signs and letters on the walls, etc.