Low water: the story behind the Wehrmacht motorbike from the Danube

Record low water levels on the Danube in Budapest have exposed a perfectly preserved Wehrmacht motorbike from the Second World War, a DKW NZ 350-1, Euronews reports. The find has prompted questions about where the model saw service, and whether its riders may still be with it. As Euronews tells it, the drought-shrunk river is now yielding pieces of wartime history long hidden beneath its surface.

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