In this documentary report, The Barents Observer joins divers in Tromsø to see what remains of what once was the pride of the German Nazi navy - the “Tirpitz” warship.
We also track down warplanes that flew the skies above northern Norway 80 years ago.
We discover abandoned ammunition stores, bunkers and trenches that once formed part of the German fortifications in Kirkenes, close to the former border with Soviet Russia, and see how they are still impacting the local environment today.

The documentary is produced with the aim of historical research and education.

The video is in English with Russian subtitles.

Video timeline:
0:00 - Introduction.
0:32 - "Tirpitz" shipwreck in Tromsø.
3:21 - German warplane wreck near Kirkenes.
4:14 - Kirkenes during German Nazi occupation.
5:00 - WWII bunkers in Kirkenes.
6:43 - German shipwreck near Kirkenes.
8:18 - Destroyed Nazi ammunition store.
9:01 - Mushrooms brought to the Arctic by Nazi Germans.
10:30 - Allied warplane wreck near Kirkenes.
11:06 - Commonwealth graves in Tromsø
11:27 - Outro


Reporter, camera, edit:
Elizaveta Vereykina

Second camera, drone footage:
Henry Patton

Underwater camera:
Andrei Riiv
Oleg Ballod

WWII archives by:
Tirpitz Museum in Alta
Rune Rautio personal archive
Universal Studios public domain


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