Farmer hits ‘rock’ while plowing — and finds unusual World War II artifact in Slovakia -...

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
..."At some point after World War II, the upper part of the machine gun nest was destroyed, possibly because it disrupted plowing, officials said. The underground structure was forgotten — until now.

The inside of the World War II machine gun nest after being fully excavated.
Officials estimate that up to a thousand machine gun nests were used by Nazi German forces in Slovakia during World War II. After the war ended, some structures were destroyed, others left in place and some reused as flower pots, playground equipment or other objects.

The machine gun nest from Kostolná-Záriečie was relocated to the Trenčín Museum, the release said."...