Overview
- City crews, which completed the second phase Thursday, defused two 250‑kilogram US bombs in the forest along Michendorfer Chaussee and reopened roads and bus routes soon after 11 a.m.
- Three devices in Wildpark West were neutralized Tuesday, including a 250‑kilogram Soviet bomb that was defused and two 25‑kilogram bombs whose fuzes were blown in place.
- A 1,000‑meter safety zone ringed each site, which paused Regionalbahn RB22 trains on Tuesday and closed parts of the B2 on Thursday with targeted evacuations that included buildings near the Soviet cemetery.
- The Brandenburg explosive ordnance team led by bomb technician Mike Schwitzke carried out both days of work with large deployments, including about 208 personnel on Tuesday and roughly 170 on Thursday.
- All five bombs were found during a systematic search ordered by the state forestry agency, marking the first such operations in Potsdam this year and adding to 217 wartime finds recorded since 1990 as surveys continue in the area.