re: #395 UberInfidel67

I saw a very interesting episode of the Naked Archaeologist one night. He was with a man who was showing him a hidden area underground where the Israelis made their own bullets. He slid back this HUGE piece of machinery, I think it had something to do with laundry, and underneath was a passageway. Might be time to dust off that old equipment.

It’s a kibbutz in northern Israel.

I was taken there on a tour when I was on kibbutz.

It’s in the laundry room. You press a switch on the wall and a large laundry machine slides to the side exposing a stair case.

It was an ammunition factory used by the Haganah. Only a number of kibbutzniks knew it existed.

There was also Israel’s first flourecent tanning machine installed - in the 40s!

You couldn’t have snow white farmers walking around when the Brits were patrolling and doing searches - it would be a dead give away. So everyone had to hit the tanning room before going back upstairs.

I’ll never forget it. It’s what made me start considering Aliya.