Underground bunker of the German Army Division headquarters near the "Sirsniņi" house in Pampāļi
Alfred Brun's story about the German headquarters in the yard of his native house, through which a German soldier guided Alfred blindfolded under the cover of night, not knowing that these houses were his own and that Alfred knew every stone in the yard even blindfolded
It was a dark night when a soldier took me by the hand for the bends of the "Sirsniņi" fence, then we went deep into an underground bunker, where it was bright and where some 10 top officers had gathered at a long table. The poor soldier could no longer know how famous this house and its backyard were, and in the dark I knew every place where I was led.
This underground residence was built at the end of the barn on the side of the barn. When I returned in May and visited Sirsniņas, among the many houses destroyed, a single red brick house stood on the hill proud and undamaged. Only one corner towards Pumpuri was completely pulled out and stood unrepaired for about 12 years. […]
