The reality of war is human death. In Ukraine, which was scorched during the Second World War and is now the site of conflict, the search for corpses continues to dig up the reality and regain the dignity of an unnamed soldier. (Ijume = Takashi Kita)
About 50 km southwest of the severely damaged road from Izumi, a town with a population of about 50,000 in northeastern Ukraine. Holes are dug in the fields and brand new soil is piled up.
“It ’s terrible. There are about one, two, and seven under the horse.” Said one person who was working. After digging dozens of centimeters in a freshly harvested wheat field that responded to a metal detector, the remains of soldiers appeared from underneath the bones of the horse.
I could see some of the rifles that rusted and kept their original shape, and some of the masks prepared for German chemical weapons. Remove the surrounding soil with a brush. “The area around the waist is important. There is a possibility to find something that leads to your identity from where you had your pants pocket.”
A place where 270,000 people sleep
May 1942. Belonging to the Soviet Union ...
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