Record-low water levels on the Danube, caused by intense drought, exposed the remains of two German soldiers from World War Two in Budapest, along with a largely intact Wehrmacht motorcycle, identification tags, a wedding ring, and a combat badge. The German War Graves Commission said the discovery, made after a passerby spotted part of the motorcycle on August 2, has begun a process to identify the two men more than 80 years later.
One identification tag belonged to a Wehrmacht soldier, the other to a member of the Waffen-SS, which was declared a criminal organization at the Nuremberg Trials. The commission said families of both men would have waited in vain for official notification of their deaths, and that bone analysis will be needed alongside the artifacts to confirm identities.
Anti-tank mines were also found at the site, prompting a temporary closure and deployment of a bomb disposal unit. The soldiers are set to be buried at the German war cemetery in Budaörs, near the site of fierce WWII fighting between Soviet and German forces.
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