Overview
- A 50-year-old man and his 19-year-old son allegedly tried to enter closed sections of the Kohnstein tunnel network at the Mittelbau-Dora memorial in Nordhausen.
- Police launched a large missing-person search using ground officers, a person-tracking dog, and a helicopter after the father's ex-wife reported their plan.
- The duo hid after noticing the operation and later phoned a relative, who notified police they were safe, ending the search.
- A criminal complaint for trespassing has been initiated, and authorities issued a warning against attempts to access restricted memorial areas.
- Officials indicated the men could be billed for the self-inflicted deployment under the Thuringian Police Tasks Act.