Today we continued the excavations of the burnt down ”Hamsterbo” shelter. The finds confirm the story written down by ”SS Hauptsturmführer” Åke Kretz in 1942.
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We found exploded rifle and machinegun ammo, parts of exploded handgrenades (German and Hungarian) and burnt uniform parts along with buttons and badges and personal gear like a metal cigarrette case. All finds twisted and partly melted in the fire that turned the cramped 4 man shelter to ashes in the autumn of 1941.
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The dig at the ”Hillock of Death” continued with an extension of the trial excavation area in order to reach the gun position in the far end of the trench.
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Here more timber parts surfaced and large chunks of schrapnel, a testimony to the life threatening danger to the soldiers manning the trench in 1941.