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Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg

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Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Air Raid Shelter Museum Hamburg
Phone:
+49 40 18151493

Address:
Wichernsweg 16 | Museum is on the grounds of the Wichern Church close to the city center, 20537 Hamburg, Germany

Air raid shelters, also known as bomb shelters, are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack .Prior to World War II, in May 1924, an Air Raid Precautions Committee was set up in the United Kingdom. For years, little progress was made with shelters because of the apparently irreconcilable conflict between the need to send the public underground for shelter and the need to keep them above ground for protection against gas attacks. In February 1936 the Home Secretary appointed a technical Committee on Structural Precautions against Air Attack. By November 1937, there had only been slow progress, because of a serious lack of data on which to base any design recommendations, and the Committee proposed that the Home Office should have its own department for research into structural precautions, rather than relying on research work done by the Bombing Test Committee to support the development of bomb design and strategy. This proposal was eventually implemented in January 1939.During the Munich crisis, local authorities dug trenches to provide shelter. After the crisis, the British Government decided to make these a permanent feature, with a standard design of precast concrete trench lining. Unfortunately these turned out to perform very poorly. They also decided to issue free to poorer households the Anderson shelter, and to provide steel props to create shelters in suitable basements.
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