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Posted by : Surya Fahik Jumat, 20 Juli 2012

Three Nazi bunkers on a beach have been uncovered by  violent storms off the Danish  coast, providing a store of material  for history buffs and military  archaeologists.

The bunkers were found in  practically the same condition as they were  on the day the last Nazi soldiers left them, down to the tobacco in one trooper‘s pipe and a half-finished bottle of  schnapps.

This bunker was entombed under the sand dunes until a violent storm swept away the sands three months ago

The bunkers had not been touched since the war

The bunkers were three of 7,000 built by the Germans  as part of Hitler’s  ‘Atlantic  Wall‘ from Norway to the south of France.

But while the vast majority were almost immediately  looted or destroyed, these three were entombed under the sand dunes of  a remote beach near the town of Houvig since 1945.

They  were uncovered only because recent storms sent giant waves cascading over them, sweeping away the sand and exposing glimpses of the cement and iron  structures.

Kim Clausen, curator of the Ringkoebing-Skjern museum views a heater retrieved from the bunker

Stamps of the German Eagle of Adolf Hitler and the Swastika were also retrieved

They were located by two nine-year-old boys on holiday with their parents, who then informed the authorities.

Archaeologists were able to carefully force a way, and were astounded at what they found.

‘What’s so fantastic is that we found them completely furnished with beds, ‘chairs, tables, communication systems and the personal effects of the soldiers who lived inside,’ says Jens Andersen, the curator of the Hanstholm museum.

The discovery of the fully-furnished bunkers was  “unique in Europe,” said  Bent Anthonisen,  a Danish expert on European bunkers.

Expert Tommy Cassoe: ‘It was as if the Nazis had just left yesterday’

And a third expert, Tommy Cassoe, enthused: “It was like entering the heart of a pyramid with mummies all around.  Wat I saw blew me away: it was as if the German soldiers had left only  yesterday.”

The team working with Cassoe  emptied the structures within a few days of boots,  undergarments, socks, military stripes, mustard and aquavit bottles, books, inkpots, stamps featuring Hitler, medicines, soda bottles, keys, hammers and other objects.

All of the objects from the shelters have been taken to the conservation  centre at Oelgod museum, some 20 miles from the beach  to be  examined.

 The centre’s German curator, Gert Nebrich, judged the find ‘very  interesting because it is so rare.’

‘”We don’t expect contemporary objects like these to be so well preserved.  Maybe it’s because they were kept for 60 years in the cold and dark like in a  big vacuum,” he says, carefully showing four

stamps featuring Hitler’s image and  the German eagle, found in one bunker.

The Germans left the bunkers in May 1945 after the Nazi surrender.

Historical records show that  Gerhard Saalfed was a 17-year-old soldier  with the German army when he  arrived at the bunker in January 1945.

Germany surrendered on May 8 1945,  but it wasn‘t until two days later that he and his fellow soldiers left their remote station.

They shut the steel doors of the bunker behind them on their remote beach  and went to the nearest town ten miles away to surrender.

‘The remote  location of the bunkers and the drifting sands that covered them saved  them from being ransacked,“ said Cassoe.

Terjemahan:

Tiga bunker Nazi di pantai telah ditemukan oleh badai kekerasan di lepas pantai Denmark, menyediakan toko bahan bagi penggemar sejarah dan arkeolog militer.Bunker ditemukan di hampir kondisi yang sama seperti mereka pada hari itu tentara Nazi terakhir meninggalkan mereka, sampai ke tembakau di pipa satu polisi dan botol setengah jadi dari schnapps.Bunker ini dimakamkan di bawah bukit pasir sampai badai dahsyat menyapu pasir tiga bulan laluBunker belum tersentuh sejak perangBunker tiga dari 7.000 dibangun oleh Jerman sebagai bagian dari Hitler 'Tembok Atlantik' dari Norwegia di selatan Perancis.Tetapi sementara sebagian besar hampir segera dijarah atau dihancurkan, ketiga yang dimakamkan di bawah bukit pasir pantai terpencil dekat kota Houvig sejak 1945.Mereka menemukan hanya karena badai baru-baru ini mengirimkan gelombang raksasa Cascading atas mereka, menyapu pasir dan mengekspos sekilas dari semen dan struktur besi.Kim Clausen, kurator museum Ringkoebing-Skjern memandang pemanas diambil dari bungkerPerangko dari Eagle Jerman Adolf Hitler dan Swastika itu juga diambilMereka terletak oleh dua sembilan tahun anak laki-laki berlibur dengan orang tua mereka, yang kemudian memberitahu pihak berwenang.Arkeolog mampu memaksa hati-hati, dan merasa heran atas apa yang mereka temukan.'Apa yang begitu fantastis adalah bahwa kita menemukan mereka benar-benar dilengkapi dengan tempat tidur,' kursi, meja, sistem komunikasi, dan barang pribadi para prajurit yang tinggal di dalam, "kata Jens Andersen, kurator museum Hanstholm.Penemuan yang serba lengkap bunker adalah "unik di Eropa," kata Bent Anthonisen, pakar Denmark di bunker Eropa.Ahli Tommy Cassoe: "Seolah-olah Nazi baru saja pergi kemarin 'Dan seorang ahli ketiga, Tommy Cassoe, antusias: "Rasanya seperti memasuki jantung piramida dengan mumi di sekelilingnya. Wat saya melihat mengejutkan saya: seolah-olah para tentara Jerman meninggalkan baru kemarin ".Tim bekerja dengan Cassoe mengosongkan struktur dalam beberapa hari sepatu bot, pakaian dalam, kaus kaki, garis-garis militer, mustard dan botol Aquavit, buku, inkpots, perangko yang menampilkan Hitler, obat, botol soda, kunci, palu dan benda lainnya.Semua objek dari tempat penampungan telah dibawa ke pusat konservasi di Oelgod museum, sekitar 20 mil dari pantai untuk diperiksa.

 
Kurator Jerman pusat itu, Gert Nebrich, menilai menemukan 'sangat menarik karena sangat langka. ""Kami tidak mengharapkan objek kontemporer seperti ini begitu terjaga dengan baik. Mungkin karena mereka dipelihara selama 60 tahun dalam, dingin dan gelap seperti dalam ruang hampa besar "katanya, hati-hati menampilkan empatperangko yang menampilkan gambar Hitler dan elang Jerman, ditemukan di salah satu bunker.Jerman meninggalkan bunker Mei 1945 setelah penyerahan Nazi.Catatan sejarah menunjukkan bahwa Gerhard Saalfed adalah seorang prajurit 17 tahun dengan tentara Jerman ketika ia tiba di bungker pada Januari 1945.Jerman menyerah pada tanggal 8 Mei 1945, tetapi tidak sampai dua hari kemudian bahwa dia dan teman tentaranya meninggalkan stasiun terpencil mereka.Mereka menutup pintu baja dari bunker di belakang mereka di pantai terpencil dan pergi ke kota terdekat sepuluh mil jauhnya untuk menyerah."Lokasi yang terpencil dari bunker dan pasir hanyut yang menutupi mereka menyelamatkan mereka dari yang dijarah," kata Cassoe.

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