The WWII Bunkers of the <i>Hôpital Morvan</i>—Brest (FR)

Abstract

A search at the Archives Départementales du Finistère in Quimper permitted to find documents indicating the presence of WWII bunkers in the area of the nowadays Hôpital Morvan in Brest. However, the visit of the area permitted to ascertain that several more bunkers were actually built. The visits permitted their identification and to ascertain that some of them are presently in good preservation state, others partially demolished and integrated in a modern hospital building, and some other completely demolished. The bunker demolition technology employed is documented by images and commented. Notwithstanding the ancient hospital buildings were classified as historical monuments and so protected against alterations and demolitions. No protection is ensured to the bunkers which risk is to be altered or demolished according to circumstances, depending on the development of the hospital.