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The aeroplane factory has been a strategic target, which is one reason why huge underground sections exist. We peeked into the large caves briefly, slightly before the accesses were sealed for good.
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The caves have been semi-civil area, used for production needs but also having a strict military function.
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A communication diagram from times of a training operation, when a command center of some kind was located here.
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At the time of our visit the caves had been pumped empty of water. There had been up to 50 cm of water, which didn't stop first explorers from checking the maze out.
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Shelves of this room contained all you would need if shit hit the fan.
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Years in closed airspace and water all around have rusted everything that's of steel, here a scale of Raute.
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A Trestalker investigates a room unveiled by RFC. The material on tapes and film consists mostly of cold war archives and intelligence material of SuPo.
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Something weird in another large underground hall.
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The cold generation apparatus has chilled a room, where they tested durability of plain parts in cold temperatures.
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Another Trestalker checks the lovely, rusty details of this product from our Waffenbruders.
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A little different kind of beauty ends the report. To see what the place really was like, check the Trestalkers page which contains good material from the caves.
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