Casino du Mall SK/Sanitatsbunker, La Rochelle

Next to the Casino in La Rochelle is a Sanitatsbunker. A hospital bunker. The Casino had also been turned into a hospital and had two Large red crosses painted on the roof. This bunker also had two red crosses on the roof and also on the front and rear walls.

Plan of the Sanitatsbunker on two levels, below casualty triage and above a large men's ward and possible Officers rooms. The main ward could hold a many as 60 men.

The front wall with a red cross.

I have added red where the cross is.

Air photo of the Casino and the Sanitatsbunker marked with their red crosses.

At one end there are steps down to the lower level. The original hand rail is in place.

Passing into a small entrance lobby with a door on the right.

The door, larger than normal bunker doors to allow stretcher cases to be brought through.
Also a close combat embrasure covering the entrance.

The other end wall.

Looking along the rear wall.

This structure I presume original, stairs up to the roof, this maybe to allow casualties to use the roof as a way of getting sunlight and recouperation, or it may have had an AA gun on the roof?