Memories from the diary left abroad - service at Ķegums HPP
Jānis Jaunozoliņš. "Memories from the Diary Left Abroad" (August 16, 1944-13.10.1946) Excerpts.
A passenger train is already waiting at the station, with which the journey to Ķegums, which has been heard for a long time but has not been seen yet, begins. The mood is good for everyone. We feel like real soldiers, even though the companions and commanders are only Germans, whom we obediently call the Fries.
Day and night, one of our groups had to go on duty at each shelthung around the Ķegums power plant, ie a four-barreled zenith cannon, a spotlight or a balloon. One of the four-barrel cannons is placed on the roof of the power plant. It is also time for our group to go out to the balloon and spotlight for the first time. In the morning, everyone must be at the exit, where a shift is then assigned. We receive weapons, ammunition and, under the guidance of the unterophysic, go to the Ķegums bridge to one of the farthest shutters. We are divided into two at each balloon and lit. But the old shift is going to camp. The day is quiet and the balloons are waiting. It should be explained that the balloons were lifted in the air around the Ķegums power plant and the bridge, so that the enemy planes could not hit the target directly in the underflights.
Everywhere we go, even to the kitchen for lunch, we have to step on a song. If the song cannot be started by the team, then the command "lie down, get up, run" sounds, so we have chosen the starter of the song.
We are often sent to work on the installation of a new spatula. There are two air defense batteries around Ķegums with about 48 cylinders, anti-aircraft guns and floodlights.
During the whole time spent in Ķegums, no enemy planes flew into the raised grids because the balloons did not allow them to fly low. The Ķegums bridge also remained intact, although there were many airstrikes.
Andersone, R. 2004. Ķegums hydroelectric power plant. P.
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The German army's concrete fire point in the Kegum HPP reservoir near the Nega inlet
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Concrete fire point of the German army at the top of the bank of the Ķegum HPP in front of Andulii
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The remains of the German army's concrete fire point in the Ķegums HPP reservoir in front of Sidrabini
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