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5: CASE STUDY 2: THE CZECH/AUSTRIAN BORDER
At Hájenka the compound consisted of 5 buildings of varying sizes (Figure
80). The main building, building 1, was built along two main corridors
connected by a central corridor. The eastern section of the southern section
of building 1 was the kitchen area. This section contained the kitchen, with
adjoining storage areas and a canteen. The canteen was connected to the
kitchen through two large hatchets which are now walled up (Figure 81).
Figure 81: Closed up hatches to
the canteen seen from the kitchen
at Hájenka border guard station.
Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011.
Figure 82: Site of former wood
burner in the kitchen, since
removed at Hájenka border guard
station. Photo: Anna McWilliams
2011.
Signs are much more frequent in the kitchen than in the other parts of the
building differentiating between different storage and cooking areas, such as
distinguishing between different sections for raw and cooked meat as well
as signs explaining how to use the equipment. A wood burner, since removed,
heated water for a large water tank (Figure 82). It is possible the
wood burner had at some point been used also for cooking but instruction
signs on the walls show that an electric fryer and an electric oven were
available when the kitchen was last used. The walls in the kitchen had been
decorated with labels from among other things canned fruit, beer and
bananas (Figure 83).
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