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Fallen? They were executed. Very few German and Axis troops returned from Russian captivity. This was retaliation for how the Germans treated the Soviets in captivity.
@@Cheeki_breeki6 you sound like you still have a heart full of bitterness and hate over something that happened when you were not even a gleam in your daddy's eyes.
@@Cheeki_breeki6 that's a lie. 2 388 443 germans captivated. 2 031 743 returned home 356 700 died in captive (from illness, battle wounds and starvation)
I, not only being a German, an ex solider, and a combat veteran who has seen some of his comrades die and was unable to help them, would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you are doing. Thank you sir.
I spent some years in the Irkutst Oblast during the 90's. Constructed then managed a lumber mill in Zima during the week and spending weekends at home in Irkutsk. Visited a few villages in the Bratsk/Novy Igirma region, Been back to visit the in-laws ner Perm afterwards. Great memories.
Lars, thank you for trying to locate the fallen soldiers, It would be wonderful to return some of their remains to their home countries. I doubt you find very much, since so much time has passed. Give Mrs. SR and the children a hug from an old man in the USA, I wish you all the bast.
I suggest you use a drone. At the right time of year, you could spot a mass grave or clues as to where it is such as tracks. Even patches of trees will give clues.👍
I'm not glad for how the gov is letting Lars dig up bones. For free, with no maps. How the heck do you know your not digging in chemicals or worm infested soils that could call for more than chaga to cleanse. And might hurt our fine woodsman who is mysteriously missing 3 weeks now.
You noticed that too! I was working for a large roofing company in Boston MA when I was in my early 20's and we were replacing the roof on a large horse barn in Dover MA. The owner of the company was on site taking pictures that he planned to put on display at an upcoming trade show. I was in one of the finished trade show posters that was created from the photographs. Yes, I was on the edge of the property, which, I figured was a good hiding spot and I mistakenly made my way into one of the finished posters standing there taking a leak, LOL! Of course, the owner did noticed and he was quite angry that nobody else noticed and allowed the posters to be displayed at the trade show. I believe another attendee of the trade show noticed and pointed me out in the poster to the owner. Yeah, not cool, but, my co-workers found it hilarious and so did I!
What you need to try and get hold of is a LIDAR drone to map the entire area. It would show up every building/structures/track hidden beneath the ground !
Sir, I commend you for doing this. All soldiers remains, regardless of their country of origin, should be returned to their country . God bless you and hope you are able to find them.
Hi Lars, awesome content as usual. My maternal Grandfather was a Australian digger taken as a POW during WWII when Singapore fell and he was sent on the Sandakan death march in Borneo, sadly only 6 POWs survived (by escape) out of 3 and a half thousand Australian and British men. My grandfather was one of those brave men who was killed when the war was over. He is buried somewhere in the Borneo jungle, we have no idea where. I want you to know that you and the guy's are doing a great thing trying to find the burial site of those German and Austrian soldiers. Keep up the good work, I look forward to more videos. Cheers Mel from Australia.
An awesome thing to do I know they are finding Marines on Tarawa quite often and bringing them home. I gave the people doing this a DNA sample for the son of a maternal great aunt. Most likely a waste of time in my case as he was a waist gunner on a PB4Y in the SW pacific area.
Lars, too bad you don’t have a ground-penetrating radar machine. Enjoying the forest scenery when it’s not buried in snow. Take care, Steve Florida, USA
Looking forward to your trip with the old fellah . It`s good that you maybe be putting relatives minds to rest after all these years of not knowing where their loved ones are.
As you were sitting in front of the bars giving a perspective of what those individuals might have went through I started to get chills thinking about what you were saying I hope you can find more evidence so those poor souls can finally rest in peace
@@SurvivalRussia it was awesome! Looking forward to the next video from this coming weekend. Thanks as always for making these. They actually do inspire me to get out and do something awesome 🙂
Hi Lars - VERY interesting expedition in there...There is an interesting, small clearing nearby on your way in that is in an area that was undisturbed, no logging. Head due north up the trail from the old timers house 1.65 km you will cross a very small creek. (The creek is 235 meters past the trail intersection that heads east back towards the Big Settlement.) Head east along that creek bed about 165 meters to the clearing which will be on the north side of the creek. Looks like it is man made with nothing else around. Easy to get to, might be worth a look. Hope you and your friends can find some peace and solitude in those woods..
Thanks Lars for another super movie about real life in the forest. Other yt channels showing new knives and axes can learn from you. Greetings from Poland, Michał
Greetings from Nashville. As a History teacher I find what you are doing extremely interesting and slightly sad in a way. Looking forward to the next part of your search.
Finally the tank gets to stretch its legs it has been feeling left out can't wait to see what you find. Interesting to find that exploded shell wonder how it got there. Thanks for sharing Lars
Lars that is very interesting. Looking at the size of the trees that area has most likely been logged over, disturbed and pushed around in the past since the day of the Gulag which could either make finding stuff harder or easier I guess depending on how the ground had been disturbed and turned over. Look forward to more videos on this and possible finds...cheers Fred
My first thought was: "Would I buy a "used" car from that 3 men?" LOl...No seriously, though , it is a good thing to look for those old war graves. Well, done guys.
It'd be awesome if you find the place Lars...so much history right there. Can't wait for the next one. Btw, dogs like you because you're an awesome guy!! 😎
Whenever I've ever come across old graves in the woods, there have been indentations in the ground. That probably wouldn't hold so strongly if they weren't buried in coffins.
If you want to bury something you have to pack the ground above it. The last time I lived off grid I had a girlfriend That turned out to be a wh***, didn't find out until a few months later. anyway she had another boyfriend (at the same time) that was a predator that did 20. About the time I was finding this out he shanked an old guy and took his pistol and buried it on her property. I found it after it had rained because of the depression in the dirt, they let him out of jail a short time after and he couldn't figure out how I found it. He never bothered me because I was willing to go toe to toe w/him, most of those guys only attack the weak. I left her after that and a few years later she wound up in a mental hospital for taking out another predator type guy w/a 12ga. It was a bad place to live full of tweekers, but in the 8 yrs I lived there no one touched my property. True story.
@@RM-qn3ro No I never did any of that sort of thing. The old man that received the puncture wounds lived and I was long gone when she shot the guy, I read about it in the paper and he didn't make it. It really was a bad place to be. I'm in a much nicer place now with good people around me.
How a relative of mine finds stuff all the time is tying about 4 metal detectors to his ATV all pointing about 6” above the ground and going about 2-3mph over it. Then he scans back after 100m. Very fast way of finding stuff.
I recently came across a video of expidition digging up soldiers near Stalingrad battlefields. They had quite interesting tool, but super easy, basically a long metal rod attached to handle. And when they had sorta a reading on ground radar, they would prod with it quite deeply, and they say you can feel if you fit something like a bone. And sice you say there are no stones around there, I think it could be a great tool, which would not require youbto dig for hours. You probably could cover much more area with it. Of you are interested I can look for that video, so you could dublicate it perhaps?
Thank you ( Cpocebo ) Lars for a very interesting video. Have you ever made a video of you and the " Old Timer " talking about what life was like living in the Gulag? I know it may be a sensitive subject.
