The Wolfs Lair - Poland

[Johnmcd]

Just returned from a month in Europe. Mostly in Croatia and Poland. Unfortunately working most of the time but did get out and take some photographs.

This set is from the Wolf's Lair - Hitler's base of operations in Poland (then reclaimed as East Prussia). It was mostly destroyed as the Russians advanced but it is still an impressive monument to the times. For history buffs it is where the bomb assassination attempt was made by Staff Officer Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg in 1944.

The weather was not good but that added to the atmosphere.

Acros 100 in DDX - M3 with vc 50/1.5

Cheers - John

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Great shots John,
Very moody. I like the close-up of gap in the reinforced concrete a lot.

 

[Johnmcd]

Great shots John,
Very moody. I like the close-up of gap in the reinforced concrete a lot.

Glad you liked them. Thought you might be interested 🙂

Cheers - John

 

[Sparrow]

Thoughtful and thought provoking photos ... they remind me of a Roman fort and military complex in southern Corfu, I suppose form has always followed function

Nice to see Adolf making it into the first post for a change

 

[Johnmcd]

Thoughtful and thought provoking photos ... they remind me of a Roman fort and military complex in southern Corfu, I suppose form has always followed function

Nice to see Adolf making it into the first post for a change

Hi Stewart,

It was a very interesting place. The concrete was 8m thick in some areas. As we moved to within the concrete remains the temperature would drop what seemed like at least 10 deg. C. The mass of concrete creating its own micro weather.

The area is also very thickly wooded which made it impossible to see from the air. Wouldn't work these days with thermal imaging...

Cheers - John

 

[Rodchenko]

Great photos. An atmospheric yet slightly abstract record.

 

[konicaman]

Really cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[v_roma]

Great photos. I really like the unique and less "literal" approach you took.

 

[Keith]

An eerie lack of expected malevolence!

Very nice John. 🙂

 

[Sparrow]

Hi Stewart,

It was a very interesting place. The concrete was 8m thick in some areas. As we moved to within the concrete remains the temperature would drop what seemed like at least 10 deg. C. The mass of concrete creating its own micro weather.

The area is also very thickly wooded which made it impossible to see from the air. Wouldn't work these days with thermal imaging...

Cheers - John

Yes, I've been in the German hospital in St. Helier and it's weird how the temperature changes like that ... those trees look to have grown after the war to me, I'd imagine at the time they would have cleared the vegetation to give themselves a clear field of fire when it was occupied

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

I too, found the pictures interesting. They have a little bit of "Ozymandias" in them, remnants of the "Tausendjährige Reich" that lasted only ten years.

It's also interesting in that I have been told that I had ancestors in the region, who didn't survive their encounter with the Übermenschen.

 

[Sparrow]

Look on my works you mighty and despair, yet nothing beside remains around but decay, of that colossal wreck boundless and bare

... or something a bit like that, Shelly I think

 

[Sejanus.Aelianus]

Good old Percy. We had to learn Ozymandias, by heart, at school and I suspect that there are still men and women who can do the whole thing complete with all the gestures. I'm pleased to say that I can no longer remember many of the lines but, sadly, I can remember the gestures.

😀

 

[Johnmcd]