75 years after World War II, search for missing soldiers continues
May 5, 2020
7:25 AM
KLESSIN, Germany —
Thomas Siepert looks across the verdant grain field, which glows in the sun after a spring thunderstorm, with windmills slowly churning in the distance. Wild boar piglets trundle across the road into town, and a hare pops out and dashes away.
The serene scene belies the slaughter 75 years ago on the same patch of land as German troops fought furiously — and futilely — to stave off the Soviet Red Army, which was approaching Berlin.
“It seems so idyllic, but it’s a huge cemetery,†Siepert said. “That shouldn’t be forgotten.â€
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