80 years after World War II, Germany still discovers the fallen soldiers
80 years have passed since the end of World War II. However, the discovery of the body of the fallen soldiers continues. There is a lot of work to identify the deceased and inform members of any living family.
Last week, in a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen German soldiers were honored with rituals. Hundreds of villagers and relatives looked as soldiers who died in one of the battle of the last major World War II, fighting for Hitler’s army, finally kept to rest.
The remains of German soldiers are still found under forests, fields and old fields in Europe. Volksband Deutch Criagsgsgraeberfersorge (German War Graves Commission) is a non-profit organization that is continuously digging and rebelling the remains of soldiers. They have been doing this work for decades.
There are marks of this week 80 years after the end of World War II, but the discovery of the remains of the soldiers continues. The effects of the war are still being felt, and the work of finding and identifying the dead is not yet over.
57 -year -old Martina Segar said, “It is very important that it is still being done.”
‘Outless for more than 2 million German soldiers’
Finding and identifying the remains is a slow process. Many of the missing people were quickly buried during retreat or fight without any marker or official record.
Whenever possible, the organization brings residues to the cemeteries that maintained especially for German soldiers who died abroad. It has a humanitarian goal: to offer a dignified bury to every person in war, whether he played a role.
The mission of VoxBond is not about respecting the fall, but is about to recognize them and ensure that they are not forgotten or lost in the earth without any name.
According to Volksband estimates, more than 2 million German soldiers are unaware of. Over the last 30 years, since gaining access to East Eastern Block areas, Volksband has recovered and reborn the remains of one million people.
‘War criminals in the tombs of our war’
In some parts of Europe, there is still resentment towards anything that revives or honor the Nazi military past.
“I do not want to dismiss the possibility that there are a large number of war criminals in the graves of our war. We also know that some of them have also proved the most serious war crimes, “said Dirk Backon, General Secretary of VoxBond.
“There is a human destiny behind every dead person and this is our main focus,” he said. “When you stand in front of an 18 -year -old young Vehramach Soldier’s grave, you naturally ask yourself if there was other plans in life and a different dream that there was also a reason for a reason to give your life at the age of 18 years.”
‘They deserve to be buried’
Lukaz Karol, a polish archaeologist working on excavation, accepts moral concerns about his work. He struggled with the challenge of uncontrolled from an army attacking Poland and caused the death of about 6 million polish citizens during the war.
But he said that work has moral significance and highlights important scientific information.
“These are also people and they also deserve a burial,” said Karol.
