The war dead

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#31

Post by Annelie » 08 Aug 2007, 22:59

I think most small villages and towns in Germany have memorials
for the fallen of both WWI und WWII. Most are very beautiful.
Its really no different than in North America.

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#32

Post by Knösel » 08 Aug 2007, 23:15

Hi Annelie!
Yes, indeed. The most of them in shape of an Rock with an bronce Eagle Sculpture on top, or as an Obelisk wit Iron Cross and Steel helmet in an wreath.

Yes i like them realy.

Viribus Unitis!

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Post by henryk » 08 Aug 2007, 23:41

In Poland some monuments use the dates 1939-1947, to include as well the Armja Krajowa and other victims of the Soviets and Polish Communists after WWII.

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#34

Post by Voice of Truth » 12 Aug 2007, 02:25

I believe around 38% of German men born in the early 1920s were killed in the war. That means a lot of names would have had to be carved.

I wonder about those dead who came from areas given to Poland and Russia - where are they remembered?

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Post by Annelie » 12 Aug 2007, 02:38

Yes, of course they were.
Check previous post on 2nd page.

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Post by sobel » 12 Aug 2007, 10:28

small memorial in a small town called Obendorf in the Tyrol

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Post by balaton » 16 Aug 2007, 18:10

In have a small house in the town of Levoca in East Slovakia. There is a Lutheran church on the main square in which there is a memorial to the fallen from WW1. From recollection, the chandelier in the church was a gift from the Berlin Lutheran congreartion in 1938.

There are very few people left in the congregation, as most ethnic Germans were expelled in 1947.

There is also a memorial on the main square to memory of local resistance and Soviet troops who died in the area in 1945.

Lastly, here in Ireland, there is a really peaceful German cemetry the contains the graves of men from both wars. It is in the Wicklow Hills, in Glencree, immaculately well kept, and if you are ever in Dublin, it is worth the drive up.

There are also memorials in various cities, towns and villages for Irish men who died in WWI, Boer war,Crimean etc... and St. Patricks cathedral, Trinity college etc.. have many plaques commerating fallen alumni, or people from well known families.

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Post by Rosenrot » 13 Nov 2008, 07:13

When I was in Germany and Austria I saw war memorials everywhere. The most impressive is the Naval Memorial in Kiel. When I was staying with a German friend of mine I went to school with him one day and in the foyer there was a huge memorial naming all the dead from ww1 and 2 that went to this school. There were quite a few names for the school being pretty small.

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Post by Annelie » 13 Nov 2008, 12:54

Memorial from one of my trips....Saltzburg
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Memorial on the side of Mountain in Salzburg
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Post by Annelie » 13 Nov 2008, 13:13

Memorial in Oberau Church
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Post by muzza » 14 Nov 2008, 08:05

I really don't know where you get your information from about the Returned Services league (RSL) allowing Germans or Estonians to march in the ANZAC Day parade.

See this news article for example...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 40623.html

I find it very odd that you would suggest that Australia is an anti-communist state that would support such distinctions. It is not my experience and I find it quite distasteful that such assertions are made. Certainly Australia has taken a stand against Communist aggression in the past but to suggest that Australia has any sympathy for the Nazi assault on Russia is quite extraordinary. Hitler labelled his attack against Russia as an attack on Bolshevism when the campaign started to falter but his real motives for the attack were racial. very few Australians would have sympathy for that and certainly not the RSL.

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