I inherited some snapshots from my grandfather and I'm trying to get some information on where they were taken. I appreciate any help.
Thank you, the pictures were handed to my grandfather by a prisoner when his regiment arrived at Belsen. The rest of the photos are of a "visit" from Hitler, Himmler etc. Just trying to find out where it was. seems that as "case-mate" is a company that makes phone cases, its not quite as simple to search for them, but at least the parameters are a lot smaller!!
"Casemate" is a french word, also used in English, for bunker, coming from the Spanish "Casa mata" dark house or room.
Does bear more than a passing resemblance to Infantry casemate(bunker) K-S 16 "U dráhy", near Karliky. From: http://www.fortif.net/files/overview.php You can sort through v arious bunkers in different sectors from this page http://www.fortif.net/files/sectors.php From: http://www.kraliky.net/clanek.php?id=34 You can also view photos of the bunker as it looked in 2003 on the same page. Other photos from 2012 http://foto.mapy.cz/418657-K-S-16-U-drahy http://foto.mapy.cz/418658-K-S-16-U-drahy http://foto.mapy.cz/416578-K-S-16-U-drahy
Technically speaking, for those who care abut such things, there is a difference between a bunker and a casemate. A bunker is built mostly below ground level while a casemate is built mostly above the ground.
very good.....I think everyone here wants to be as precise as possible......for information purposes....much thanks..... MLW and Takao great job......did you check the 'Unknown Object' thread??
