GC3EQK7 Blodveien (Traditional Cache) in Nordland, Norway created by Family M Jenssen

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cervisvenator: Hi

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for the cache owner and block other cachers from placing a cache in the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can’t do so forever.

Nothing seems to happen with this cache listing, so it is now archived, so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if it hasn’t been done already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

(This reviewer note is in English so non-Norwegian cache owners, geocachers and cache reviewers can understand what it says.)

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Cervis Venator
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Hidden : 4/2/2012

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Blodveien er navnet på to strekninger på Riksvei 50, dagens E6.
De fikk tilnavnet fordi de ble anlagt hovedsakelig av krigsfanger under andre verdenskrig, under særdeles brutale forhold.
De fleste av fangene var jugoslaver, spesielt serbere, men det var også noen kroatiske og sovjetiske fanger. Arbeidet pågikk fra 1942 til 1945. Det er ikke kjent hvor mange fanger som slet seg til døde eller ble skutt av vaktene i denne perioden.

Eng:
Blodveien is the name of two stretches of Highway 50, the current E6. They got the nickname because they were built mainly of prisoners of war during World War II, under extremely harsh conditions. Most of the prisoners were Yugoslavs, especially Serbs, but there were also some Croatian and Soviet prisoners. The work was carried out from 1942 to 1945. It is not known how many prisoners who worked himself to death or were shot by guards during this period.

Botn til Saltnes

Strekningen på ca 1,5km går mellom Botn og Saltnes like nord for Rognan.
Navnet Blodveien fikk i 1995 offisiell status som navn på veistrekningen.
Tragedien som gav navnet til Blodveien skjedde på en vanlig arbeidsdag, 14. juli 1943.
To fanger som arbeidet på veganlegget ble skutt samtidig av en beryktet SS-offiser.
Wehrmakt hadde på dette tidspunkt overtatt vaktholdet, men SS-folk foretok fortsatt sine inspeksjoner.
Den ene av fangene som ble skutt var Milos Banjac, som også hadde en bror tilstede. Av blod fra Milos, som lå død på bakken, tegnet broren et kors på en stein like ved.
Likene av de to som var skutt ble etterpå lagt nedenfor vegen og fangene ble kommandert ned i liggende stilling.
Slik ble de liggende en hel time. Korset ble senere tegnet med maling på berget like ved og er i ettertid blitt vedlikeholdt og kan den dag i dag beskues.

Eng:
The section is approximately 1.5 km run between Botn and Saltnes just north of Rognan. The name Blodveien was in 1995, official status for the name of stretch. The tragedy that gave name to Blodveien happened on a normal working day, 14 July 1943. Two prisoners who worked on the road were shot simultaneously by an infamous SS officer. Wehrmakt had at this time of posted guards, but SS-people still made their inspections. One of the prisoners who were shot were Milos Banjac, who also had a brother there. Of blood from Milos, who was lying dead on the ground, drew his brother a cross on a rock close by. The bodies of the two who were shot were afterwards added below the road and the prisoners were ordered into the supine position. They were left lying a full hour. The cross was later signed with the paint on the rock close by and has since been maintained and can today be seen.

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