Kleine Berlin libretto inglese.pmd - Club Alpinistico Triestino

4.20.1944. Nazi military parade. On the left,a water basin to be used in case of fire.(Photo by A. Umek)bare lead wires, employed in otherantiaircraft tunnels of Trieste.The excavation of the shelter involvedthree different companies,and each of them should ignorethe activity of the other two. GeneralGlobocnik had imposed themto work in secrecy, because he hadthought of creating a “secret passage”between his house and theCourt. As a matter of fact, the shelter’sentrance of via Fabio Severo,close to the street leading to via diRomagna, as well as the passageleading to the Court of Trieste werebuilt by land-surveyor Gerdol’scompany, which worked on behalfof Todt. The main tunnel and the10lateral ramifications of the complexGerman antiaircraft shelter wasprobably entrusted to Todt’s companyMazorana & Co. The passageconnecting Globocnik’s VillaAra with the ceiling of a lateraltunnel of the antiaircraft shelter wascarried out by the Schwarz company,also working for Todt.After the bombing of June 10, 1944the building of the shelter becamecrucial. Therefore, the Germans orderedthe workers of the Colombocompany to collaborate with Todtin the excavation of their antiaircraftshelter, with a wide use ofmines.Some inscriptions found in the tunnelused by the Germans and reachingvia Fabio Severo (IV entrance,where guided tours start)suggest that the main works werefinished in December 1944. Withno doubt, trimming works continueduntil the end of the war andfor this reason were never completed.Evidence to this, current generatorswere never installed, evenif cement basement are still visiblein two places.As regards the illumination of theshelter, the Germans had a servicepipe connected to the thenpublic utilities company ACEGAT.As a matter of fact, an electric distributionpanel, still visible today,was installed near the entrance,along a passage reaching the maintunnel of the shelter.Ancillary light, which was activatedin case of lack of electricity,