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It is not only along the coast of Denmark that we can see memories of WWII. Also along the Norwegian coast. At Jæren you will find remains of defense works that Hitler had set up. There are large blocks of stone standing in a row between the road and the sea. These rocks are called «Hitler’s Teeth». They were built by the Germans during WWII as part of The Atlantic Wall. This wall concists of a chain of forts along the coast of Europe. The Atlantic wall starts at the French-Spanish coast and runs all the way up along the Danish westcoast and continious along the Norwegian coast. It is estimated that there were approximately 1500 forts / defense systems were built to make up this long wall along the Atlantic coast.

In January I was in Stavanger for a weekend, visiting a frien. We went on a day trip o the small town of Brusand, located south of Stavanger. This coast is called Jæren. The first thing we did, was to take a long walk in the fresh, but cold breeze along the beach. We started a place where the coast is barren. Then we ended up at one of the longest beaches here on Jæren.

The last part of the trip runs along the road on one side and the sea on the other. Here we passed an area with large stones placed in a row. My friend explained that these stones are not naturally placed. Something I thought at first. They are placed by people. These rocks were part of the Atlantic Wall built by the Germans. It's rather easy to access a flat beach with tanks or other military vessels, so the rocks were placed here to prevent an invasion. When we came to the small railwaystation in Brusand, we had some time before the arrival of our train. We noticed that there were boards with information about these «teeth» and old photographs depicted the work with these quite sizeable rocks. One of theese showed a photo of men and horses. This kind of work took both a lot of time and a lot of men. The men did not do the work voluntary. This was tvangsarbeid. They did try to do the work as slowly as possible, but at the same time not too slow. Otherwise they could be accused of sabotage.

An interesting part of WWII history. In september last year I was in Denmark and saw parts of this defense system in Hirtshals.

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