Tālis Ešmits, head of the "Legenda" military archaeology association said that a letter had been received "from somewhere" that the remains of soldiers had been left in the forests of Kurzeme. His association went to the indicated place, where it was confirmed that the remains of soldiers were piled in a large pit. The police were also in attendance and recorded the incident.
"These soldiers have been exhumed, and for an unknown reason have been dragged more than five kilometers from their place [of burial] and hidden in another person's property. It is the first time that something like this has happened," said Ešmits.
After talking with the nearby residents, it emerged that the remains of the soldiers could have been dug up by foreigners, who supposedly explained their activities to the locals in German, and presented documents apparently confirming their right to carry out archaeological excavations.
The names of three specific people, who are said to be from the Netherlands, and who might have carried out the dubious excavations in the forests of Kurzeme, have been handed over to the police.
When asked what interest these people might have in digging up soldiers' burial places, Ešmits suggested that, on the one hand, it could be to learn about history, because Dutch soldiers were said to have fought in the specific place during the Second World War.
Ešmits said that some objects and identification marks of the soldiers were taken from the soldiers' burials.
