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The munition searchers combing North Sea sands for WWII duds

Bärbel Fening in Wangerooge, northern Germany
May 7, 2025

The North Sea and its beaches are still littered with unexploded ordnance from the Second World War. A team of munition searchers ensure that the beaches on the East Frisian island of Wangerooge remain safe.

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André, Marcel and Patrick Warfsmann are ammunition searchers. Using sensitive technology, they comb the fine sand on the beach of Wangerooge centimeter by centimeter, looking for metal. They do this because what they find could be hazardous. 

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