Five human skeletons \u2013 all missing their hands and feet \u2013 have been discovered at Nazi leader Adolf Hitler\u2019s eastern front military headquarters in present-day Poland, buried inside the villa of Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering.
\nThe bodies of three adults, a baby and an older child were discovered by a group called the Latebra Foundation, amateur archaeologists who have been excavating at the site with official permission for several years, group members and officials said.
\n\u201cYou\u2019d never expect such things in such a place as it was \u2026 the most guarded place in the Third Reich and after the war, the Russians took over this place,\u201d Latebra member Dominik Markiewicz told Reuters.
\n\u201cEveryone wondered what might have happened there \u2026 We tried to think of something, but nothing reasonable comes to mind,\u201d he said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know what we were dealing with at all. Were they some occult rituals of Third Reich fanatics? We have no idea.\u201d
\nHe added it was not clear whether the skeletons dated from World War Two, or had been buried there subsequently.
\nSebastian Trapik, deputy head of education and tourism promotion of the Srokowo Forest District, the Polish government agency responsible for the site, told Reuters the bodies had been found buried just below the ground in a part of the building where there had once been a wooden floor.
\nDaniel Brodowski, spokesperson for the prosecutor\u2019s office in nearby provincial capital Olsztyn, said an investigation had been opened and forensic investigators had examined the bodies under police supervision.
\nThe Wolf\u2019s Lair served as one of Hitler\u2019s military headquarters during World War Two and consisted of some 200 structures covering an area of 250 hectares. It was destroyed by German Nazi forces as they retreated in early 1945 to prevent it falling into the hands of the approaching Soviet Red Army.
\nWhat is left of the bunkers, shelters and barracks in the forest of Gierloz in northeastern Poland can now be visited by tourists. The home of Goering, who ran the Luftwaffe air force and became Germany\u2019s highest ranking military officer and Hitler\u2019s designated successor, has largely fallen into decay.
\n\u201cAn unusual burial with strange features,\u201d Markiewicz said. \u201cWithout clothes\u2026 without hands and feet. And there were also minors\u2026 so we don\u2019t know what happened there. And the (Wolf\u2019s Lair) complex, the house, the Herman Goering villa are very telling too.\u201d
\nFive human skeletons \u2013 all missing their hands and feet \u2013 have been discovered at Nazi leader Adolf Hitler\u2019s eastern front military headquarters in present-day Poland, buried inside the villa of Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering.
\nThe bodies of three adults, a baby and an older child were discovered by a group called the Latebra Foundation, amateur archaeologists who have been excavating at the site with official permission for several years, group members and officials said.
\n\u201cYou\u2019d never expect such things in such a place as it was \u2026 the most guarded place in the Third Reich and after the war, the Russians took over this place,\u201d Latebra member Dominik Markiewicz told Reuters.
\n\u201cEveryone wondered what might have happened there \u2026 We tried to think of something, but nothing reasonable comes to mind,\u201d he said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know what we were dealing with at all. Were they some occult rituals of Third Reich fanatics? We have no idea.\u201d
\nHe added it was not clear whether the skeletons dated from World War Two, or had been buried there subsequently.
\nSebastian Trapik, deputy head of education and tourism promotion of the Srokowo Forest District, the Polish government agency responsible for the site, told Reuters the bodies had been found buried just below the ground in a part of the building where there had once been a wooden floor.
\nDaniel Brodowski, spokesperson for the prosecutor\u2019s office in nearby provincial capital Olsztyn, said an investigation had been opened and forensic investigators had examined the bodies under police supervision.
\nThe Wolf\u2019s Lair served as one of Hitler\u2019s military headquarters during World War Two and consisted of some 200 structures covering an area of 250 hectares. It was destroyed by German Nazi forces as they retreated in early 1945 to prevent it falling into the hands of the approaching Soviet Red Army.
\nWhat is left of the bunkers, shelters and barracks in the forest of Gierloz in northeastern Poland can now be visited by tourists. The home of Goering, who ran the Luftwaffe air force and became Germany\u2019s highest ranking military officer and Hitler\u2019s designated successor, has largely fallen into decay.
\n\u201cAn unusual burial with strange features,\u201d Markiewicz said. \u201cWithout clothes\u2026 without hands and feet. And there were also minors\u2026 so we don\u2019t know what happened there. And the (Wolf\u2019s Lair) complex, the house, the Herman Goering villa are very telling too.\u201d
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Five human skeletons with missing hands and feet were found at Hitler’s military headquarters in Poland, buried inside Goering’s villa. The bodies included three adults, a baby, and an older child. The discovery has raised questions about what may have happened there, with some speculating on occult rituals or other unknown reasons. The investigation is ongoing to determine the origin of the skeletons, which were found in a part of the building with a wooden floor. The Wolf’s Lair, where the headquarters were located, was destroyed by the Nazis in 1945. The site is now open to tourists, and the Goering villa has deteriorated over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,652,3346,4039,1240,3193,405,8841,654,3065,576,415,8838,1419,2218,3504,2788,3406,3747,8840,4593,981,184,885,8725,8839,5063,238,293,6305,18],"class_list":["post-10622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-air","tag-army","tag-baby","tag-building","tag-clear","tag-decay","tag-education","tag-excavation","tag-forensic","tag-forest","tag-germany","tag-government","tag-hitler","tag-investigation","tag-investigators","tag-military","tag-mind","tag-minors","tag-missing","tag-nazi-headquarters","tag-office","tag-poland","tag-police","tag-popular-on-web","tag-promotion","tag-skeletons","tag-supervision","tag-tourism","tag-war","tag-who","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n