May 05, 2008
Phallic bomb shelters of Nazi Germany.
First appearing in 1936, they were quickly dubbed "cigarette stubbs" or "sugar beet heads". Officially they were called Winkeltürme (Winkel Towers)- after their architect Leo Winkel of Duisburg. Winkel patented his design in 1934, and in the following years Germany built 98 Winkeltürme of five different types.
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This is the second post from this webpage in five days. It takes forever to load and it isn't that good.
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Have a snack. Take a nap. Lighten up.
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A fine post. I've never seen or heard of these Winkel Towers before... thanks for sharing, 50! The page loaded just fine for me...
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It looks like a penis, and it stops me getting blowed up! Was there nothing those Nazis couldn't achieve?
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Heehee, Winkel.
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I love the Sleeping Beauty-esque-ness of this one.
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Could you possibly mean Rapunzel?
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ya, Rapunzel makes some sense...
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Sleeping Beauty had the castle covered in thorns, though.
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And this is more like one BIG thorn.