bomb shelters Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/bomb-shelters/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Thu, 25 May 2023 11:38:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png bomb shelters Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/bomb-shelters/ 32 32 German-Era Bomb Shelter Signs in Kraków https://forgottengalicia.com/german-era-bomb-shelter-signs-in-krakow/ https://forgottengalicia.com/german-era-bomb-shelter-signs-in-krakow/#respond Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:58:00 +0000 https://forgottengalicia.com/?p=50064 One of the obsolete remnants of the past has again become relevant in Lviv is the WWII-era bomb shelter signs. Across the city traces of such signs from the times of the Nazi occupation can still be found. Soon after I arrived in Kraków (in late February 2022) I found […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/german-era-bomb-shelter-signs-in-krakow/feed/ 0 Bomb Shelter Steel Covers in Vienna https://forgottengalicia.com/bomb-shelter-steel-covers-vienna/ https://forgottengalicia.com/bomb-shelter-steel-covers-vienna/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:02:40 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=599 In Vienna one can still find the covers to WWII civilian bomb shelters. Originally I thought these metal grates were either storm drains or vaults lights with missing glass, but I discovered that in fact they were covers for ventilation shafts and emergency exits. Across the territory of Nazi Germany […]

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]]> https://forgottengalicia.com/bomb-shelter-steel-covers-vienna/feed/ 0 German-Era Bomb Shelter Signs in Lviv https://forgottengalicia.com/german-era-bomb-shelter-signs-lviv/ https://forgottengalicia.com/german-era-bomb-shelter-signs-lviv/#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:25:22 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=231 During the Nazi-occupation of Lviv from 1941 to 1944, the Germans established bomb shelters in basements around the city. To this day we can still see some of the signage, namely, the letters “NA” and an arrow pointing to the shelter. According to one source, “NA” (short for “Notausgang”) marked […]

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