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Photographer: SISKO
Agency: DEUTSCHE-VERLAG
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 11 x 14 inches; 27.94 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.122113
Inscriptions:
Credit:Sisko -from Black Star5827Captions: Verso: German Army / The barracks of the German soldier at the front: / The big bunker. /The big bunkers of the western front are built several / storeys deep into the earth. The foundations are held fast by heavy iron bearers, and the cement walls which are several meters thick are reinforced by iron. Only the / turrets are ourwardly[outwardly] visible; teir [their] armoured coupolas potrude [protrude]from the earth and their machine guns and cannon barrels are directed against the enemy through narrow loop hooes [holes] which can be closed. The ammunition is brought up by means of a lift out of the store, which is under-neath the fighting emplacement. The working rooms for the / men, the cantine, the recreation room with library and wire / less are one storey deeper. The command headquarters are in / the middle of the storey deeper. The command headquarters are in / the middle of the bunker, and remains in continuing communi-/cation with the neighbouring bunkers, and with regimental / headquarters by means of the telephone exchange, which is / next door to, it. In the deepest storey [story]are the dormitories, / lavatories, sick room and seperated from these the kitchen / and store rooms for victualling the occupants. The big bun / kers have their own power and lighting plants, and are thus / independent of what is going on outside. All rooms are con / tinually supllied [supplied] with fresh air by ventilation and gas / filters make it impossible for poison gases to penetrate / into these rooms. The seperate works have subterranean/ communications with one another, these communications being /supplied with electric vehicles running on rails. The communi/cations tunnels can be closed by steel bulkheads. / kgMarkings:Verso: German Army / The barracks of the German soldier at the front: / The big bunker. /The big bunkers of the western front are built several / storeys deep into the earth. The foundations are held fast by heavy iron bearers, and the cement walls which are several meters thick are reinforced by iron. Only the / turrets are ourwardly[outwardly] visible; teir [their] armoured coupolas potrude [protrude]from the earth and their machine guns and cannon barrels are directed against the enemy through narrow loop hooes [holes] which can be closed. The ammunition is brought up by means of a lift out of the store, which is under-neath the fighting emplacement. The working rooms for the / men, the cantine, the recreation room with library and wire / less are one storey deeper. The command headquarters are in / the middle of the storey deeper. The command headquarters are in / the middle of the bunker, and remains in continuing communi-/cation with the neighbouring bunkers, and with regimental / headquarters by means of the telephone exchange, which is / next door to, it. In the deepest storey [story]are the dormitories, / lavatories, sick room and seperated from these the kitchen / and store rooms for victualling the occupants. The big bun / kers have their own power and lighting plants, and are thus / independent of what is going on outside. All rooms are con / tinually supllied [supplied] with fresh air by ventilation and gas / filters make it impossible for poison gases to penetrate / into these rooms. The seperate works have subterranean/ communications with one another, these communications being /supplied with electric vehicles running on rails. The communi/cations tunnels can be closed by steel bulkheads. / kg
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: ARMY / GERMANY-MISCELLANEOUS
Retouching: N