Wall-paintings and other text found in and on bunkers

All the photo's on this page were made in our field of interest. (IJmuiden - Hook of Holland) . Because the fact that some paintings are demolished we don't give the exact location. This page is under construction.

Wall-Paintings as art.

Wall-Paintings as instruction.

Wall-Paintings for aiming weapons

Wall-paintings as identification.

Wall Paintings as art.

Painting A
 

This picture was taken in a fire control post. The painting decorated the calculation-room and means. "Through Discipline Comes Result".  Text: "Durch Zucht Zur frucht"

Painting B
 

Allmost nothing is left of this beautifull drawing. We have two pictures of it and a sort of reproduction. There were four lines of text. Only the upper line was still readable: Mein lieber Freund mmm dich in acht.

Painting C
 

This drawing is heavily damaged. Just like drawing B it is an soldier and a text. Pictures and overal sketch can be seen below.

Painting D
 

A painting of a German soldier. The man is throwing a bowling-ball. The painting was found in a sporting-place.

Painting E
 

A Woman, who is sitting on a lazy bench and smoking. Close to the woman, there was text on the wall. (At the left side of the drawing). Left of the text there was another drawing but it was to bad to see on a picture. Text: "Wovon kann der Landser den schon träumen!"

Complete song: Wovon kann der landser denn schon traumen - Er traumt von seinem Magdelein. - Das er Kuszte unter beiden Baumen - Beim ganz verliebten Stelldichein. - Hat sie ja so gerne, - und aus weiter Fernde - Denkt er nur an sie. - Wovon kann der Landser dem schon traumen. - Er traumt vonn nachsten Wiederseh'n. - Unter den verschweig'nen beien Baumen, - wo stets Verliete geh'n.

more paintings
 

Demolished by "a ninja".. I hope someone made some pictures of the painting before 1987.  Tekst:"..."

 

Some sort of text to decorate the entrance of a bunker.  Tekst: "Zur ......"

 

A painting of a German soldier. The man is placing bowling-pinns. The painting was found in a sporting-place.

 

Painting to decorate a sportingplace.  Tekst: "..........."

 

A drawing of a shipper. Someone gave him a new nose after the war.

 

The part shown is still intact but the rest of the painting is demolished.  Text: "........"

 

Here a dog painted on a wall. It is a name for a sporting-prise. There was some text above and on both sides of the painting: Text: "(S_R__B.........SO_VIEL PUDEL. (.........) SONST KOMMST DU AUF DEN?"   (

 
 

.	Paintings in a demolished bunker in IJmuiden.  Thanks to mr.Stelwagen for the photo's

 
 

.	Paintings in a demolished bunker in IJmuiden.  Thanks to mr.Stelwagen for the photo's

 
 

.	Paintings in a demolished bunker in IJmuiden.  Thanks to mr.Stelwagen for the photo's

 
 

Paintings in a demolished bunker in IJmuiden.  Thanks to mr.Stelwagen for the photo's

 

This painting is old, but is it German? We don't know.

 

A nice cowboy but would a German draw such a typical Americal thing? Well, it is a nice drawing...

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an instruction on a door, given to enter a fire-controlpost. People had to report they were comming in the "Vermittlung"  Text: "ZUTRITT VERBOTEN ANMELDUNG IN DER VERMITTLUNG"

Emergency exit in an 625 emplacement. It shows where to demolish the wall to exit the emplacement.  Tekst: "Notaus....."

The "ST" sighn means that a bunker is bomb-proof.

Bunkerfunctions painted on a wall. Thanks to Stefan. Text: "Leitstand - Wohnbunker"

Bunkerfunction "fire-controlpost" painted on a wall. Thanks to Stefan. Text: "Leitstand"

The text "Lass die Finger von Machinen die du selbst nicht kannst bedienen!" means "Keep your fingers from machines which you can't handle."

Text in a covered trench, telling not to smoke.

Handwritten text about the ammunition-stock.

Number painted in a bunker after the war for registration.

Text in a coverd trench, with bunkerfunctions (1.2 Geschutz Wohnbunker)

Instruction about the use of the airfilter. text: "BEI GASGEFAHR verbindungsstucke mit rotem ring herausnehmen und raumfilter einsetzen"

Painting found in many bunkers.

Text: "Feind hort mit!". Translated in english: "The enemy is listening!". Clearly vissible is a drawing of a phone next to the text. As well the english as the Germans were very affraid of spies. Both armys tried hard to make clear that information should not be given by phone. The Germans mostly placed a sticker on phones. These stickers were black with white text "ACHTUNG FEIND HORT MIT !" The English used "Lose lipps sinks ships.".

"Eingang nur fur Gaskranke" Entrance just for gas-poisend persons.

"Eingang" Entrance. Next to a door of a hospital-bunker.

This picture was taken in a embraced emplacement. you can see a scale on the back-wall and the text "GR De Zilk 2700 |"

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances.

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances.

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances.

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances.

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances.

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances.

To make shooting on close range possible without making use of a distance-measure-device, the Germans made paintings on the wall with a landscape and in that landscape some markings with distances. On this painting a village and some farms are drawn. It was not possible to come close to the drawing so this is from a picture from far.

5656B is the number of a quarter. The Germans often painted a number above a shooting-hole near the entrance.

Some kind of number above the entrance of a quarter.

Name for identification of an fl246 ammunition-storage. Possible painted after the war by the Dutch army.

Identification-number on a wall.