Overview
- In Hameln, which completed its operation Sunday, bomb disposal teams made a World War II bomb safe and let about 6,000 residents return home.
- The Hameln device was difficult to secure because a deformed fuse was stuck in rock, so specialists removed explosive material and neutralized the fuse with a small charge.
- About 1,000 responders in Hameln enforced an early evacuation, closed the B1 and B217, and oversaw an S5 rail suspension with bus replacement.
- In Bremen-Farge, survey work found two 500-kilogram bombs, leading to a 1,000-meter evacuation of roughly 2,000 people before experts defused one device and carried out a controlled detonation on the other.
- Authorities used hotlines, shelters, and transit changes, reflecting Germany’s standard playbook when WWII ordnance turns up during construction or survey work.