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Fallout shelters reflect fear of extinction – as well as perfectionism

Switzerland is unique in many ways: for example every citizen has a right to a fallout shelter place, even 20 years after the end of the Cold War and the nuclear threat. The bunker isn’t just a fixture in private homes. Underneath public spaces a science-fiction underworld has been built over the past decades. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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