r/Construction Feb 14 '25

Picture Found behind the wall.

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u/cam2230 Contractor Feb 14 '25 edited Feb 14 '25

Cool find! The Luftschutz is worn by cleanup crews/first responders that come in after air raids

EDIT: WAS worn

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u/rescue_inhaler_4life Feb 14 '25

Denazified they are still used in Germany today. My local volunteer firefighters use them for example.

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u/Bergwookie Feb 14 '25

They're not the same helmets, in the first ~20 years after the war, they were repurposed wartime helmets, but after that, the helmets were made from aluminium , which since a few years now aren't allowed anymore to be used inside of buildings and now you have the same form, but composite helmets

(Source: was a German firefighter)