Old Nazi boats reappear in Serbia due to drought

In Serbia, about twenty carcasses of boats dating from the Second World War are flush with the bottom of the Danube because of the exceptional drought in central Europe, explains the

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In September 1944, the Germans had decided to abandon and voluntarily sink their ships seeing Soviet troops advancing towards them from the Black Sea.

Since then, nothing has been done.

A hundred wrecks still lie at the bottom of the river without any solution being found.

In particular, this disrupts river traffic as soon as the water level drops, as is currently the case.

A time bomb

They also represent a danger for ships and the population because these former Nazi boats would still contain 10 tons of explosive devices.

"Even if we don't know if they can explode or not, you can already anticipate what would happen if only one succeeded," told our colleagues Velimir Trajilovic, a resident of Prahovo and author of a book on German ships

In March, the Serbian government estimated the removal of Nazi boats, explosives and ammunition at 29 million euros.

A call for tenders has been launched.

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