A coastal defence battery at Jūrkalne
There were all kinds of radios and telephones there. They took a phone, one of them put it under his coat, but Soviet border guards took it away from them.
In 1945, during the war, the Germans had a battery there with two cannons and a locator which was 10 metres from the shore and higher up. The hole in the object in the picture used to be a door. There were all kinds of radios and telephones there. Jāzeps Skudra and his brothers, who are now gone, inspected the place in great detail. They took a phone, one of them put it under his coat, but Soviet border guards took it away from them.
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All that’s left of the battery today are the ruins of a cement blockhouse which have slid all the way down to the beach because of years of abuse by the wind and the waves. It is an interesting monument to history with a long-term fate that we can guess at – it will disappear under the sea. |
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