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5: CASE STUDY 2: THE CZECH/AUSTRIAN BORDER this building another entrance leads into the smaller section of this building containing one large room and two small rooms (Figure 92). This is likely to have housed communications rooms for technical surveillance as the views from this building extend out across the approaching road. It is also close to the edge of the compound and therefore a suitable place for incoming cables and technology to be placed. This section of the building has no adjoining access to the other part of the same building used as workshops. Figure 91: Toilettes at Hájenka border guard station. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. Figure 92: Eastern part of building 2 at Hájenka border guard station. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. Building three consisted of two large garages now used by the parks administration staff (Figure 93). Building four could not be entered as it was locked whilst at building five, only one section could be entered (Figure 94). Building five is a small structure at the south-west corner of the compound used as part of the dog kennels (Figure 95). No room inside building one or two appeared to have been used for dogs. In old pictures, building five, on the other hand, can be seen with fencing around it (Army Forum Website Image 2). Old pictures also show that at least two watchtowers were located just inside the fencing at the western edge of the compound but there are 167

AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE IRON CURTAIN likely to have been more located at the other side of the compound providing views to the east (Army Forum Website Image 3). Figure 93: Building 3 at Hájenka border guard station. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. Figure 94: Building 4 at Hájenka border guard station. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. Figure 95: Building 5 at Hájenka border guard station. Photo: Anna McWilliams 2011. The buildings are now in different states of preservation with building 1 in the best condition. Being maintained by the administration staff has made this border guard station slightly better kept than the one at Šafov. 168

AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE IRON CURTAIN<br />

likely to have been more located at the other side of the compound<br />

providing views to the east (Army Forum Website Image 3).<br />

Figure 93: Building 3 at Hájenka<br />

border guard station. Photo: Anna<br />

McWilliams 2011.<br />

Figure 94: Building 4 at Hájenka<br />

border guard station. Photo: Anna<br />

McWilliams 2011.<br />

Figure 95: Building 5 at Hájenka<br />

border guard station. Photo: Anna<br />

McWilliams 2011.<br />

The buildings are now in different states of preservation with building 1 in<br />

the best condition. Being maintained by the administration staff has made<br />

this border guard station slightly better kept than the one at Šafov.<br />

168

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