In short term Heydrich orders "concentration of Jews from countryside into the larger cities"- creation of ghettoes. https://t.co/64DPdRlJWI
Gestapo director Reinhard Heydrich decrees that as to Jews, "planned overall measures (i.e., the final aim) are to be kept strictly secret". https://t.co/rjAxe02Z2Z
Chiefs of Einsatzgruppen, SS death squads in Poland, today received the "Heydrich Plan", instructions for action on "the Jewish question". https://t.co/tJnHHrTPH2
Cheerful troops of the British Expeditionary Force begin their journey to France, to join French troops on the Western Front with Germany. https://t.co/jMVcC4KQRA
Iron Guard flee scene of shooting into Bucharest's radio station; hijacking programme to announce the "execution" before police kill all 9.
Gestapo-trained Iron Guard assassin Miti Dumitrescu rammed Călinescu's Cadillac, then machine-gunned Romanian PM, hitting with 20 bullets. https://t.co/eEIP1pDdUs
The Site
The surface surrounding the bunker has changed considerably since the War. One of the major changes was the dismantling of the many Nissen Huts and water tanks that existed in the early 1940’s. The other was the erection of the DSS buildings in 1948 to house offices of the fledgling National Health Service.
The area actually on top did used to contain many shrubs and trees (as can be seen from the map) though today it is just grassed over. There is still some greenery that exists on the south side around the concrete mast plinths.
The bunker had two main entrances/exits, on the west and east side for obvious reasons (in case of attack, fire etc.).
The map below shows the site in 1948, as it was at the time.
There was also a generator hut with surrounding blast wall (not shown on map). It could be found at the west side of the compound, close to Ponteland Road just inside the fence.
Follow
- So this evening we had a volunteer clean up event and decided to have a go at the annoyingly blocked drain pipe... https://t.co/kMkc81Ofwf
- So this week, we dropped in to the bunker on Tuesday night as we had some whiteboards to store. As we were there... https://t.co/3acXRV9mLS
- Looks like the anti-climb paint's doing it's job. Maybe we should hang some rags up for the people trying to... https://t.co/ay5SKwIWYC
- So it turned out that the two fire extinguishers we thought lost weren't after all. I retrieved them tonight and... https://t.co/PmWOTheh2E
- Finally remembered to take a pic of the finished "window" effect. Also painted out the graffiti on the meter box.... https://t.co/PL3JMSgwmK
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